Tagged: digital

Occupy Oakland Move In Day (23 of 31), Central Oakland, Oakland, California, USA, January 28, 2012 | © Courtesy of Glenn Halog/Flickr.

open cultural studies / Topical Spotlights

01/12/2018

Under the Impact of Technology, Digital Capitalism Recasts the Relationships between Citizens, Media and the State

Néstor García Canclini, a celebrated Mexican cultural studies thinker, weaves together divergent strands of critical theories, to reflect on the present moment in which social networks, algorithmic decision-making and digital technologies deepen the crises of capitalism, as the capacities of citizens, state institutions and social movements become redefined.

New Articles / open cultural studies / Special Issue: Media and Emotions

11/02/2018

New Article: “just hanging out with you in my back yard”: Mark Zuckerberg and Mediated Paternalism

Ben Little and Alison Winch Published Online: 2017-12-29 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0039 Abstract In a video that showcases a new Facebook feature, Mark Zuckerberg chats to his users, telling them that he’s “just hanging out with you in my...

Edificio de Madrid dispuesto a empoderarse transversalmente para lograr la centralidad ciudadanista, June 28, 2015 | © Courtesy of Antonio Marín Segovia.

Calls for Papers / open cultural studies

08/11/2017

Marx, Semiotics and Political Praxis

GUEST EDITOR: Prof. Paulina Aroch Fugellie, UAM-C, Mexico City DESCRIPTION As the first Frankfurt School theorists observed, the possibility of meaning-making has been in crisis at least since the interwar period. Yet the oversaturation...