Fuchs, Christian,  1976-, <br/><br/>
Social media :  a critical introduction / 
Christian Fuchs. 
 - vii, 293 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index. 
<br/><br/>What is a critical introduction to social media? -- What is social media? -- Social media as participatory culture -- Social media and communication power -- The power and political economy of social media -- Google : good or evil search engine? -- Facebook : a surveillance threat to privacy? -- Twitter : a new public sphere? -- WikiLeaks : can we make power transparent? -- Wikipedia : a new democratic form of production? -- Conclusion: Social media and its alternatives : towards a truly social media. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781446257302 (hardback)  RM368.61 1446257304 (hardback) 9781446257319 (pbk.) 1446257312 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social media.