ABSTRACT
This chapter is part of Christian Fuchs book Media, Economy, and Society: A Critical Introduction.
There are the following learning goals of this chapter:
You will learn about social media’s Political Economy;
You will better understand digital labour and digital surveillance;
You will learn about alternatives to the capitalist Political Economy of the Internet and digital media.
The chapter contains exercises that help you practise the insights gained in this chapter and a list of recommended readings.
