Book Review: Allmer, Thomas. (2015). Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification.

Authors

  • Petar Jandrić Bicentennial Education Fellow, Education, Community and Society, University of Edinburgh

Abstract

In past years, a number of writers – including Astra Taylor, Cory Doctorow, Howard Rheingold, Christian Fuchs, and others – have published important books about the dynamics of the social media. Yet, Thomas Allmer has managed to find a unique standpoint that provides his book with a much-deserved place in this somewhat cluttered research space. Based on a combination of in-depth theoretical inquiry and sound quantitative research, Critical Theory and Social Media addresses issues pertaining to theory and practice in equal depth – thus walking the walk of critical social praxis.

Author Biography

  • Petar Jandrić, Bicentennial Education Fellow, Education, Community and Society, University of Edinburgh

    Professor of Digital Learning, University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia

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Published

05-Jun-2016

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016): Spring

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“Book Review: Allmer, Thomas. (2015). Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification”. (2016) Concept, 7(1), p. 3. Available at: https://concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/article/view/2480 (Accessed: 15 November 2024).