The Pathology of Communicative Capitalism

This book diagnoses the social, mental and political consequences of working and economic organizations that generate value from communication. It calls for the role of communication technologies to be reimagined in order to create a healthier, fairer society.

The pathology of communicative capitalism is timely and accessible, yet theoretically dense, drawing as it does from a wide conceptual arsenal. The book may be of use to new scholars seeking a point of entry into critical scholarship of digital labor and the sociology of contemporary work. (Matthew Flisfeder, Information, Communication & Society, Vol. 21 (12), 2018)

Autorentext

David W. Hill is Lecturer in Digital Communication and Culture at the University of Liverpool, UK. His research interests include media theory, ethics of media, digital labour, and the political economy of communication.

Inhalt
Introduction

1. Cognitive Labour
2. Communicative Disease
3. Social Anxiety
4. Pathological Development