| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
SocietyNow
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SocietyNow.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. What is humanism? -- 3. What is digital humanism? -- 4. De-colonizing academia : a radical humanist perspective -- 5. Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in digital capitalism -- 6. Policy discourses on robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in the EU, the USA, and China -- 7. Necropower, death and digital communication in Covid-19 capitalism -- 8. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Humanity and society are in a major crisis and digitalisation mediates this crisis. Digital Humanism explores how Humanism can help us to critically understand how digital technologies shape society and humanity, providing an introduction to Humanism in the digital age. Fuchs introduces the approach of Digital Humanism and outlines foundations of a Radical Digital Humanism, analysing what decolonisation of academia and the study of the digital, media and communication means; what the roles are of robots, automation, and Artificial Intelligence in digital capitalism, and how the communication of death and dying has been mediated by digital technologies, capitalist necropower, and digital capitalism. In order to save humanity and society, we need Radical Digital Humanism now."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Christian Fuchs is one of the world's foremost expert on how to critically study and theorise the roles of social media, digital media and the Internet in society. His fields of research are critical theory, media sociology, communication theory, digital media and society, political economy of communication. He is the Chair Professor of Media Systems and Media Organisation at Paderborn University's Department of Media Studies and is the editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Humanism.
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Humanism -- Technological innovations.
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Digital media -- Social aspects.
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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humanism. |
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Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments. |
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Social Science, Technology Studies. |
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Digital media -- Social aspects |
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Humanism |
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Technology -- Social aspects |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Fuchs, Christian, 1976- Digital humanism. Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2022 9781803824222 (OCoLC)1338686557 |
| ISBN |
9781803824215 epub |
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1803824212 epub |
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9781803824192 electronic book |
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1803824190 electronic book |
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9781803824222 paperback |
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1803824220 paperback |
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