are also other important information-based processes that are key features of contemporary capitalism:
• exploitation of information-producing and digital labour in the realm of class;
• the governance of information in the realm of political power;
• the creation of false consciousness in the realm of ideology.
Digital/informational/communicative capitalism is a more suited term than surveillance capitalism. Surveillance is one of the means to advance exploitation, control/domination, and manipulation/ideology in capitalism. (Fuchs 2021b, 168)
The notion of digital capitalism better characterises what is going on in contemporary society than the category of surveillance capitalism. Digital capitalism is a still relatively novel dimension of capitalism and capitalist accumulation processes. It is an important topic of research that requires an interdisciplinary critical approach to social research. The book at hand is a contribution to the foundations of the critical analyses of digital capitalism.
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Chapter One | Introduction: What is Digital Capitalism?
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