TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique最新文献

Advertising – a Necessary “Elixir of Life” for Capitalism: On the Critique of the Political Economy of Advertising 广告——资本主义必不可少的“长生不老药”——广告的政治经济学批判

TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i2.1469

Manfred Knoche

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How Work as a Category of Thought Has Been Disrupted in Neoliberal Capitalist Societies 工作作为一种思想范畴在新自由主义资本主义社会中是如何被打乱的

TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i2.1449

Marie-Anne Dujarier

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Media, Journalism, and the Public Sphere in Private Family Ownership. On the Critique of the Political Economy of Capitalist Media Enterprises 家族私有制下的媒体、新闻和公共领域。资本主义传媒企业的政治经济学批判

TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i2.1465

Manfred Knoche

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“There is a better you in you”: Promises and Ideologies of Self-Tracking Technologies “你有一个更好的你”:自我跟踪技术的承诺和意识形态

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TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i2.1411

Max Dorfmann, María Menéndez-Blanco, A. De Angeli

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The Crisis of Legitimacy and the Appropriation of Resistance in Capitalism 资本主义的合法性危机与抵抗的挪用

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TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-04-05 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i1.1403

Jernej Amon Prodnik

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Toward a Reevaluation of Siegfried Kracauer and the Frankfurt School 对克拉考尔和法兰克福学派的再评价

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TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-04-05 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i1.1405

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Book Review: Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future by Ben Tarnoff 书评:为人民服务的互联网:为我们的数字化未来而战，作者:本·塔尔诺夫

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TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i1.1401

E. Maia

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A Critical Political Economy Perspective on Indian Television: STAR, Hotstar, and Live Sports Streaming 印度电视的关键政治经济学视角:STAR, Hotstar和现场体育流媒体

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TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-02-21 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i1.1395

M. Singh, Akshaya Kumar

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Networked Unionism: Reframing the Labour Movement and Starbucks Workers United’s Hybrid Organising Practices 网络化工会主义:重塑劳工运动和星巴克工人联合会的混合组织实践

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TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2023-01-25 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v21i1.1358

Gino Canella

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Mission Impossible? A Review of Kylie Jarrett’s Book "Digital Labor" 不可能的任务?Kylie Jarrett《数字劳动》书评

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TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique Pub Date : 2022-09-06 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v20i2.1363

P. Goodwin

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