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Towards a Critique of Mediatisation 迈向对媒介化的批判

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1505

Jernej A. Prodnik

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Shifting Neoliberalism in US Telecommunications Policy: A Critical Reading of Chicago School Roads 美国电信政策中新自由主义的转变：芝加哥学派道路批判性解读

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1436

Sydney L Forde

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Critical Theory Foundations of Digital Capitalism: A Critical Political Economy Perspective 数字资本主义的批判理论基础：批判政治经济学视角

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1454

Christian Fuchs

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Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis. Introduction to the Special Issue 数字资本主义的批判视角：理论与实践。特刊简介

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1498

Christian Fuchs, Sevda Can Arslan, Thomas Allmer

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Vincent Mosco’s Critical-Humanist Political Economy of Communication 文森特-莫斯科的批判人文主义传播政治经济学

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1493

Christian Fuchs

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Theorising Digital Dispossession: An Enquiry into the Datafication of Accumulation by Dispossession 数字剥夺理论化：对剥夺积累数据化的探究

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-03-14 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1406

Aishik Saha

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Errand Runners of Digital Platform Capitalism: The Errand Economy as a Contribution to the Discussion on the Gig Economy 数字平台资本主义的跑腿者：跑腿经济是对 "千兆经济 "讨论的贡献

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-02-27 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1438

İsa Demir

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Critical Political Economy of Culture and Communication: An Interview with Graham Murdock 文化与传播的批判政治经济学》：格雷厄姆-默多克访谈录

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1485

Graham Murdock

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An Uncritiqued Frontier of Social Media: The Social Media Subscription Model 社交媒体未被批判的前沿：社交媒体订阅模式

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1480

Paul Geyer

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Development of Media Technologies as “New Media” from the Perspective of a Critique of the Political Economy of the Media 从媒体政治经济学批判的角度看作为 "新媒体 "的媒体技术的发展

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v22i1.1483

Manfred Knoche

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tripleC: Communication, Capitalism &amp; Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society最新文献

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society最新文献