TY - BOOK AU - Allmer,Thomas TI - Critical theory and social media: between emancipation and commodification T2 - Routledge advances in sociology SN - 9781138636828 (pbk.) U1 - 302.231 22 PY - 2016/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group KW - Critical theory KW - BUEsh KW - Social media KW - COMAME KW - July2020 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are enormously popular: they are continuously ranked among the most frequently accessed websites worldwide. However there are as yet few studies which combine critical theoretical and empirical research in the context of digital and social media. The aim of this book is to study the constraints and emancipatory potentials of new media and to assess to what extent digital and social media can contribute to strengthen the idea of the communication and network commons, and a commons-based information society ER -