Christian Fuchs is a critical theorist of communication and society. He is co-editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. He is author of many publications, including the books Foundations of Critical Theory (2022), Communicating COVID-19: Everyday Life, Digital Capitalism, and Conspiracy Theories in Pandemic Times (2021), Marxist Humanism and Communication Theory (2021), Social Media: A Critical Introduction (3rd edition 2021), Communication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory (2020), Marxism: Karl Marx’s Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies (2020), Nationalism on the Internet: Critical Theory and Ideology in the Age of Social Media and Fake News (2020), Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism (2019), Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter (2016), Digital Labour and Karl Marx (2014), and Internet and Society (2008).

• Part 1: Introduction 1 Introduction: What is Digital Capitalism? Part 2: Theorists 2 Friedrich Engels in the Age of Digital Capitalism 3 History and Class Consciousness 2.0: Georg Lukács in the Age of Digital Capitalism and Big Data 4 Adorno and the Media in Digital Capitalism 5 Communication in Everyday (Digital) Life. A Reading of Henri Lefebvre’s Critique of Everyday Life in the Age of Digital Capitalism 6 Dallas Smythe and Digital Labour Part 3: Themes 7 From Digital Positivism and Administrative Big Data Analytics Towards Critical Digital and Social Media Research 8 Social Media, Big Data, and Critical Marketing 9 Social Media and the Capitalist Crisis 10 Capitalism, Patriarchy, Slavery, and Racism in the Age of Digital Capitalism and Digital Labour 11 Digital Labour and Imperialism 12 The Information Economy and the Labour Theory of Value Part 4: Conclusion 13 Conclusion

"Drawing on his unrivalled command of the key architects of critical theory, from Marx and Engels to Dallas Smythe, by way of Georg Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno and Henri Lefebvre, Christian Fuchs demonstrates their continuing indispensability to understanding how digital technologies and data analytics are reshaping the exercise of power and exploitation within contemporary capitalism and transforming lives, labour, and life chances across the globe. Comprehensive, combative, accessible, and essential. A book to learn from and argue with."Graham Murdock, Emeritus Professor of Culture and Economy, Loughborough University"Christian Fuchs shows us once again why he is today’s leading scholar of what happens when Marxism meets the digital. Digital Capitalism offers a wide range of essential critical lenses for examining the most pressing concerns of the contemporary economy." Kylie Jarrett, Associate Professor, Maynooth University