The re-emergence of commoning over the last decades is not incidental, but rather
indicative of a large-scale transition to a more “generative” organization of society that is …

The world is getting faster. This sentiment is proclaimed so often that it is taken for granted,
rarely questioned or examined by those who celebrate the notion of an accelerated culture …

There is a contradiction at the heart of digital media. We use commercial platforms to
express our identity, to build community and to engage politically. At the same time, our …

Distrusting Educational Technology critically explores the optimistic consensus that has
arisen around the use of digital technology in education. Drawing on a variety of theoretical …

An exploration of the modalities, affective intensities, and disturbing qualities of online
pornography. Digital production tools and online networks have dramatically increased the …

In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the
lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social …

There is currently a diversity of understandings of digital democracy being deployed within
popular commentary, research, policy making, and practical initiative. However, there is a …

In 1977, Dallas Smythe published his seminal article Communications: Blindspot of Western
Marxism (Smythe 1977a), in which he argued that Western Marxism has not given enough …

This book is an impressive survey of our collective and cumulative understanding of the
evolution of digital communication systems and the Internet. Whilst the information societies …

While there is a lot of popular and academic interest in social media, this is the first
academic work which addresses its growing presence in the surveillance of everyday life …