{"product_id":"digital-labour-and-karl-marx-9780415716154","title":"Digital Labour and Karl Marx","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow is labour changing in the age of computers, the Internet, and \"social media\" such as Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter? In \u003cem\u003eDigital Labour and Karl Marx, \u003c\/em\u003eChristian Fuchs attempts to answer that question, crafting a systematic critical theorisation of labour as performed in the capitalist ICT industry. Relying on a range of global case studies--from unpaid social media prosumers or Chinese hardware assemblers at Foxconn to miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo--Fuchs sheds light on the labour costs of digital media, examining the way ICT corporations exploit human labour and the impact of this exploitation on the lives, bodies, and minds of workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Fuchs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415716154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Fuchs\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of social media at the University of Westminster in London. He is the author of more than 180 academic publications in the fields of Internet studies, social media studies, critical social theory and information society studies. Among his publications are the books, \u003cem\u003eInternet and Society\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFoundations of Critical Media and Information Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, and the collected volumes, \u003cem\u003eInternet and Surveillance: The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCritique, Social Media, and the Information Society\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45236457209971,"sku":"9780415716154","price":384.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5f8d6c8d-a871-4745-89d1-acd7140beb74.jpg?v=1784027413","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/digital-labour-and-karl-marx-9780415716154","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}