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.

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“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)

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University of Liverpool, UK

David W. Hill

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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.

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Book Title: The Pathology of Communicative Capitalism
Authors: David W. Hill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137394781
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39477-4Published: 19 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39478-1Published: 21 July 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 74
Topics: Sociology of Work, Sociology, general, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Media and Communication, Medical Sociology, Clinical Psychology

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Cognitive Labour

Communicative Disease

Social Anxiety

Pathological Development

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