The Gig Public

The Gig PublicThe book introduces the concept of the gig public to reimagine the publics role in societies increasingly shaped by the dynamics of surveillance capitalism and algorithmic governance, reaffirming foundational critical sociological approachesparticularly its habitual and contractual rootsthat are often overlooked by traditional public sphere theories.

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Ralf Dahrendorf’s work on life chances and social conflict is used to support the theoretical and empirical arguments in the book

historical study of invasion-scare and future-war fiction in Britain before and during the First World War in half a century

It does so in the context of American foreign policy during the War on Terror

or is there a demand for further reform

the English and American made ‘Maoriland’ films of the late 1920s and early 1930s

the children of Salford struggled daily to survive the grinding poverty that surrounded them

televison and radio it is not only up-to-date but also provides full historical context

this book provides the first detailed study of how young people in Britain use popular culture to shape and express their political views and values

social and political problems

As national borders blur and the corporations behind journalism and broadcasting continue to merge

and Victorian women’s politics and citizenship