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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New tripleC article: Finding Closure: Epistemic Rent and the Exploitation of Interpretation, by Marco Briziarelli, doi.org/10.31269/x6d... By introducing the concepts of interpretive friction and epistemic rent, this paper shows how platforms function as rentier capitalists.

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New tripleC-article: Unthinking Digital Fascism: China’s Youth Crisis and Political Reaction, Zhongkai Qian & Ngai Pun: doi.org/10.31269/tdt... This article examines the rise of digital fascism in China in the context of the youth crisis, economic instability, & global infrastructural capitalism.

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New tripleC article:Patrique Degen - Mind Control Without Controller. A Media-Theoretical Interpretation of Fetish and Capital in Karl Marx's Works. doi.org/10.31269/pnw... - The paper reconstructs the value forms in Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism (commodity, money, and capital) as medial forms

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New paper from the @innovade-democracy.bsky.social project: Fuchs, Friesch & Museba: Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism. doi.org/10.1002/poi3...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

New article in the journal triple-c.at: Franciszek Krawczyk reviews @samuelmoore.org's book Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons by Samuel Moore. doi.org/10.31269/gxs...

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Lord Corwyn @lordcorwyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

From the interview on the Today programme (BBC R4)… Justin Webb: “What is your appeal to the people of Clacton?” Binface: “I’m not Nigel Farage”.

A poster titled “Hope: Count Binface For Clacton On Sea”, rendered in the style of Barack Obama’s “Hope” poster.

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

New tripleC article by @scotttimcke.bsky.social - Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of Accumulation: This article argues that the recent surge in artificial intelligence (AI) investment functions is a crisis response within financialised capitalism. doi.org/10.31269/sqk...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

New tripleC article: Capital’s Media, Digital Command, and the Fate of Public Communication: Reflections on David Harvey’s The Story of Capital By John Bessai doi.org/10.31269/m4s... @davidharvey.org

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Laut Berichte stoppt Brüssel eine Milliardenstrafe gegen Google. Das dürfen wir nicht hinnehmen! Eine Petition fordert ein Europa, das seine Regeln ernst nimmt und Strafen gegen Konzerne verhängt, die EU-Gesetze brechen!👇 weact.campact.de/petitions/vo...

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Von der Leyen: Nicht vor Google einknicken!

Skandal in Brüssel: Von der Leyen knickt offenbar vor Google ein und stoppt eine Milliardenstrafe. Das dürfen wir nicht hinnehmen! Unterzeichne jetzt unsere Petition für ein Europa, das seine Regeln e...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

„Vor allem muss Aufklärung über das Geschehene einem Vergessen entgegenarbeiten, das nur allzu leicht mit der Rechtfertigung des Vergessenen sich zusammenfindet" (Theodor W. Adorno)

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

„Vor allem muss Aufklärung über das Geschehene einem Vergessen entgegenarbeiten, das nur allzu leicht mit der Rechtfertigung des Vergessenen sich zusammenfindet" (Theodor W. Adorno)

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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 15/05/2026

Der Politikwissenschaftler Jürgen Falter erklärt, was das Eintrittsdatum in die NSDAP über politische Überzeugung und Karrierismus verrät – und warum ihn der Fund der Karteikarte seines Onkels bis heute beschäftigt

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NSDAP-Mitgliedschaft: »Es gab keinen Zwang – aber sozialen Druck«

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

INNOVADE-Webinar: What Digital Futures Do We (Not) Want? Results from the Futures of Digital Democracy Survey Tuesday, 26 May, 10:00-11:30 CET Registration: innovade-democracy.eu/events/what-... A webinar organized by the EU project INNOVADE: Innovative Democracy through Digitalisation

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A new journal article by Christian Fuchs in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics discusses the question: What is digital democracy? doi.org/10.1080/1933... A result of the EU research project @innovade-democracy.bsky.social

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New article in the journal Philosophy & Social Criticsm: "Digital Fascism and Digital Capitalism", doi.org/10.1177/0191... What is digital fascism? What is digital capitalism? How are they related?

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

New tripleC article, Anaïs Djouad reviews Slavko Splichal's book "The Gig Public: AI-Driven Contractual and Habitual Performativisation of Publicness": doi.org/10.31269/f31...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Christian Fuchs. 2026. Reason and Communication: Jürgen Habermas’s Legacy for Media and Communication Studies. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 24 (1): 54-72. doi.org/10.31269/711...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Christian Fuchs. 2026. Reason and Communication: Jürgen Habermas’s Legacy for Media and Communication Studies. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 24 (1): 54-72. doi.org/10.31269/711...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New article in the journal Philosophy & Social Criticsm: "Digital Fascism and Digital Capitalism", doi.org/10.1177/0191... What is digital fascism? What is digital capitalism? How are they related?

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

New tripleC article by Sibonile Linda Khumalo: Community Radio, Power, and Social Change: Navigating Participation and Transformation in Khwezi Community Radio, South Africa doi.org/10.31269/zgn...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Jürgen #Habermas talking about morality in society and Kant, Hegel, and Marx on the occassion of this 90th birthday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og_x... #JürgenHabermas

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ortrag von Jürgen Habermas

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Jürgen Habermas died - a tragic loss

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

New tripleC article: Geoff M. Boucher & Emily McAvan - The Digital Tech Broligarchy’s Interest in Left-Wing Science Fiction: A Critical Reading of the Culture of Techno-Libertarianism doi.org/10.31269/n3q...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

New tripleC article: Uxía Sánchez Lorda reviews Byung-Chul Han’s “Infocracy: Digitization and the Crisis of Democracy” doi.org/10.31269/m9r...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Christian Fuchs. 2025. What is and How Do We Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy? Open Research Europe 5 (387), The Future of Democracy Collection, first version, DOI: doi.org/10.12688/ope..., outcome of the EU project INNOVADE: INNOVAtive DEmocracy through digitalisation, innovade-democracy.eu

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Christian Fuchs. 2025. The Question of Methodology in Critical Political Economy of Communication and the Media. Journal of Communication Inquiry, Online First, doi.org/10.1177/0196...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Christian Fuchs. 2025. The Question of Methodology in Critical Political Economy of Communication and the Media. Journal of Communication Inquiry, Online First, doi.org/10.1177/0196...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

New tripleC article: The Industrial Scrap Heap”: Technological Unemployment, Obsolescence and Older Workers in the Early Twentieth Century US, by Amanda Ciafone doi.org/10.31269/csb...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

New tripleC article: The Industrial Scrap Heap”: Technological Unemployment, Obsolescence and Older Workers in the Early Twentieth Century US, by Amanda Ciafone doi.org/10.31269/csb...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Christian Fuchs. 2024. Soziale Medien und Kritische Theorie. Eine Einführung. 3. Auflage. München: UVK Verlag. 452 Seiten. Diese Einführung in die kritische Theorie sozialer Medien, nun in einer Neuauflage, wird weltweit in hunderten Kursen als Lehrbuch verwendet. Infos: fuchsc.net/books/sozial...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

New tripleC article: Muskian Futurism By Jamie Ranger and Will Ranger doi.org/10.31269/xah... This article analyses Muskian futurism, a crosspollination of political perceptions, ideas and beliefs centred around the public persona of Elon Musk

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

New tripleC article by Robert W. Gehl @rwg.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy - Fediverse Blocklists: Moderation in Noncapitalist Social Media: The paper explores how fediverse blocklist developers attempt to mitigate the problems of lists while also generating knowledge about noncapitalist social media.

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · 10/09/2025

🌍📖 New book! World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism by IAMCR member Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social (UWP/Michigan Publishing). A timely, critical study of violence, digital capitalism & the future of peace. #DigitalCapitalism #WorldPeace 🔗 iamcr.org/book-fuchs-2...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

New tripleC article criticising the notions of digital feudalism and techno-feudalism: Technological Developments and Capitalist Subsumption: New Information Technologies in the Construction of the Capitalist Individual By Iderley Colombini and Marcela Emediato DOI: doi.org/10.31269/4m8...

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

New tripleC article: Transformative Media: A Critical Approach to Alt-right Media Appropriations By the Media Action Research Group doi.org/10.31269/b3j... maps cooptation strategies by the alt-right: (1) ideological appropriation; (2) reversal capture; and (3) commodity cooptation.

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

New tripleC article: Manfred Knoche - Towards the Liberation from Capitalist Business Models: The De-capitalisation of Journalism and Communication Studies doi.org/10.31269/m3b... Introduces the notion of the decapitalisation of the media, rollback of the logic of capital in the media economy.

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

New article in OA journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, doi.org/10.31269/gpz..., Theses on Platform Capitalism and Neoliberalism, by Eduardo Altheman Camargo Santos

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

tripleC article: Community Communication & Spatial Justice in Rio de Janeiro Favelas Lou Guimarães Leão Caffagni & Gizele Martins investigate the Maré Mobilisation Front, a community communication collective in Rio de Janeiro that mobilised during the COVID-19 pandemic. doi.org/10.31269/xb8...

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