ABSTRACT
Chapter 1 outlines the tasks of the book ‘Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies’: to discuss what it means to study the media, digital media (such as the Internet) and technology in a critical way. Critical media and information studies (CMIS) conduct analyses of the power structures and domination structures of the media. The chapter uses six examples: Facebook Beacon, Pirate Bay, Internet use in Austrian student protests 2009, Internet in Iranian protests 2009, the death of Ian Tomlinson and press concentration in Austria and Ireland.
