Left-Wing Media Politics and the Advertising Tax. Reflections on Astra Taylor’s Book “The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age”

Christian Fuchs

doi:10.31269/triplec.v13i1.661

Christian Fuchs University of Westminster, Communication and Media Research Institute

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v13i1.661

Keywords: capitalism, digital media, advertising, Astra Taylor, advertising tax, participatory media fee

Abstract

This article is a reflection on Astra Taylor’s book “The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age”. It especially focuses on the media reform suggestions the book makes and provides further thoughts and data that go beyond Taylor’s book on the question of how feasible an advertising tax and a participatory media fee are.

Author Biography

Christian Fuchs, University of Westminster, Communication and Media Research Institute

Christian Fuchs is professor at the University of Westminster's Communication and Media Research Institute. He is editor of tripleC: Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. He holds a venia docendi in the field of ICTs and society.
His research interests are: critical theory, social theory, Internet and society, social media and society, media and society, ICTs and society, information society theory/research, political economy. He is author of many publications in these fields.
URL: http://fuchs.uti.at