As part of the EU research project INNOVADE (http://innovade-democracy.eu) Christian Fuchs has published a new journal article titeled „What is and How Do We Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy?“
The article asks how democracy can survive in a digital world full of crises, lies, hate, and growing authoritarianism. It says democratic resilience is not a magic system feature, but something people actively build by resisting attacks on democracy…
The EU research project INNOVADE (http://innovade-democracy.eu) has published a new research report with the title “Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy“.
This report presents an interdisciplinary knowledge base on digital democracy. It discusses the state-of-the-art of a variety of research aspects and dimensions of digital democracy. It asks what digital democracy is, what digital media’s potentials and challenges for…
As part of the EU research project INNOVADE (http://innovade-democracy.eu), Christian Fuchs, Joel Museba and Kevin Friesch published a new research report titeled “The Futures of Digital Democracy”.
The report outlines four potential futures or scenarios of digital democracy. These scenarios illustrate how digitalisation could impact society and democratic governance. The method is storytelling, namely the construction of four realist science…
Christian Fuchs. 2025. The Question of Methodology in Critical Political Economy of Communication and the Media. Journal of Communication Inquiry, Online First, https://doi.org/10.1177/01968599251405272
Critical political economy of communication and the media (CPECM) is an approach and field of study that critically analyzes how the interaction of politics and the economy in society shapes and is shaped by (mediated) communication. This study…
18 November 2025 – The Political Economy Section will host a webinar to discuss World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism. The session will explore key ideas from the book and invite reflection on violence and peace in the context of global digital capitalism. Register by 16 November.
Christian Fuchs, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Paderborn, provides a brief insight into the INNOVADE project and explains his role in establishing the theoretical foundations for the concept.
INNOVADE: Paderborn University is part of a new Horizon Europe EU project on digital democracy
Research on digital democracy aims to provide valuable insights for improving citizen participation
The digital society is transforming democracy. Digital technologies and the internet are increasingly being used to support and improve democratic processes – this is known as digital democracy. It describes the potential of modern technologies for…
Fascism: Critical Theory Perspectives
Tuesday, January 28, 18:00-20:00, E2.145
A research seminar organised by the Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group at Paderborn University’s Department of Media Studies
The goal of this seminar is to discuss perspectives on how we can theorise and understand fascism. The presenters engage with a variety of critical theory approaches for advancing insights into the dynamics and structures of…
The fourth edition of Christian Fuchs’ textbook “Social Media: A Critical Introduction” was published in December 2024. It is available in an English and a German edition. The book gives an introduction to the use of critical theory for the analysis of the Internet and social media in society. The book has been adopted in hundreds of university courses across the world.
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Christian Fuchs. 2024. Social Media: A…
Christian Fuchs has published a textbook on the foundations of media, economy, and society. It is available in English and German.
Christian Fuchs. 2024. Media, Economy and Society: A Critical Introduction. Abingdon: Routledge.
Christian Fuchs. 2023. Grundlagen der Medienökonomie: Medien, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. München: UVK/utb
The book introduces a variety of methods and topics, including the political economy of communication in…
From July 9-13, 2023, the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)‘s annual conference will take place in Lyon (France). The main conference theme is “Inhabiting the Planet: Challenges for Media, Communication and Beyond“. Christian Fuchs, who is Professor of Media Systems and Media Organisation at Paderborn University’s Department of Media Studies, will deliver the opening plenary talk “Humanity, Alienation, and…
This lecture series presents critical theories and analyses of digital capitalism. The contributions show how we can best theorise digital capitalism critically and what forms of critical practice there are in digital capitalism. The lecture series “Critical Theories and Analyses of Digital Capitalism” aims to contribute to a better understanding of critical theories and the philosophy of practice in the context of digital capitalism.
In the book “Digital Capitalism“, Christian Fuchs develops the foundations of a critical social theory of digital capitalism. The book illuminates the interaction of economy, politics and culture in the digital capitalist society. The German edition is available under the title »Der digitale Kapitalismus. Arbeit, Entfremdung und Ideologie im Informationszeitalter«.
