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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Fuchs

Christian Fuchs

Function: Associate Professor

Address: ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg, Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 18, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Phone: +43 662 8044 4823
Fax: +43 662 6389 4800
Email: firstname.lastname@sbg.ac.at

Biography:

Christian Fuchs studied Computer Science from 1994-2000 at the Vienna University of Technology. He specialized in sociology of technology, wrote a diploma thesis on "The Self-Organization of the Information Society (Selbstorganisation in der Informationsgesellschaft)" and received a diploma in Computer Science in 2000 (Dipl.-Ing.). He wrote a dissertation thesis on "Aspects of Evolutionary Systems Theory in Economical Crisis Theories with a Special Sociological Consideration of Technological Factors (Aspekte der evolutionären Systemtheorie in ökonomischen Krisentheorien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung techniksoziologischer Bezüge)" and was awarded a doctoral degree in technical sciences (Dr.techn.) in 2002. Since 2000 he has worked as a lecturer in the field of Information Society Research at the Vienna University of Technology. From 2001 to 2004 he was a research assistant in the INTAS project "Human Strategies of Complexity" at the Institute of Design and Technology Assessment at the Vienna University of Technology.

Christian Fuchs has joined the ICT&S Center in October 2005. His field of activity is research in the areas of social theory, critical social theory, critical political economy, Internet and society, information society theory.

Christian Fuchs has completed his habilitation at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in February 2008 with a work on "Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age", by which he gained the academic title of Privatdozent (associate professor).

He has published more than 100 contributions in the fields of Information Society Theory, Critical Social Theory, Social Theory, Media Theory, Critical Political Economy, and Systems Theory.

Further Information on Christian Fuchs.

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Focus:

Social Theory
Critical Social Theory
Critique of Political Economy
Media Theory
Information Society Theory

Some Recent Publications:

Fuchs, Christian (2009) Social Networking Sites and the Surveillance Society. A Critical Case Study of the Usage of studiVZ, Facebook, and MySpace by Students in Salzburg in the Context of Electronic Surveillance. Salzburg/Vienna: Forschungsgruppe UTI. ISBN 978-3-200-01428-2. ICT&S Research Report.

Fuchs, Christian (2008) Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415961327. 408 pages.

Fuchs, Christian/Horak, Eva (2008) Africa and the Digital Divide. In: Telematics and Informatics. Vol. 25. No. 2. pp. 99-116.

Fuchs, Christian (2008) Sociology, Dynamic Critical Realism, and Radical Constructivism. In: Constructivist Foundations. Vol. 3. No. 2. pp. 97-99. (Comment on the article "Who Conceives of Society?" by Ernst von Glasersfeld that was published in the same issue).

Fuchs, Christian (2008) Review Essay of "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything", by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams. In: International Journal of Communication. Vol. 2 (2008), Review Section, pp. 1-11.

Raffl, Celina/Hofkirchner, Wolfgang/Fuchs, Christian/Schafranek, Matthias (2008) The Web as Techno-Social System. The Emergence of Web 3.0. In: Trappl, Robert (Ed.) Cybernetics and Systems 2008. Vienna. Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies. pp. 604-609.

Fuchs, Christian (2007) Transnational Space and the "Network Society". In: 21st Century Society. Vol. 2. No. 1. pp. 49-78.

Fuchs, Christian/Collier, John (2007) A Dynamic Systems View of Economic and Political Theory. In: Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory. No. 113 (August 2007). pp. 23-52.

Fuchs, Christian/Blachfellner, Stefan/Bichler, Robert (2007) The Urgent Need for Change: Rethinking Knowledge and Management. In: Stary, Christian/Barachini, Franz/Hawamdeh, Suliman (Eds.) (2007) Knowledge Management: Innovation, Technology and Cultures. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Knowledge Management. New Jersey. World Scientific. pp. 293-307.

Fuchs, Christian (2007) Informationalism. In: Bevir, Mark (Ed.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Governance. London: SAGE. pp. 446-448.

Fuchs, Christian (2007) Antiglobalization. In: Bevir, Mark (Ed.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Governance. London: SAGE. pp. 20-24.

Fuchs, Christian (2007) Anarchy. In: Bevir, Mark (Ed.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Governance. London: SAGE. pp. 18-19.

Fuchs, Christian/Hofkirchner, Wolfgang (2006) Informatik und Gesellschaft: Ein notwendiger Zusammenhang (Informatics and Society: A Necessary Connection). In: Buchinger, Eva/Felt, Ulrike (Eds.) Technik- und Wissenschaftssoziologie in Österreich: Stand und Perspektiven (Sociology of Science and Technology in Austria: State of the Art and Perspectives). Sonderband der Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Soziologie. Wiesbaden. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. pp. 205-224.

Fuchs, Christian (2006) The Self-Organization of Virtual Communities. In: Journal of New Communications Research. Vol. 1. No. 1. pp. 29-68.

Fuchs, Christian (2006) The Self-Organization of Cyberprotest. In: Morgan, Konrad/Brebbia, Carlos, A./Spector, J. Michael (Eds.) (2006) The Internet Society II: Advances in Education, Commerce & Governance. Southampton/Boston. WIT Press. pp. 275-295.

Fuchs, Christian (2006) The Self-Organization of Social Movements. In: Systemic Practice and Action Research. Vol. 19. No. 1. pp. 101-137.

Fuchs, Christian (2006) Cyberprotest und Demokratie (Cyberprotest and Democracy). In: Fleissner, Peter/Romano, Vicente (Eds.) (2006) Digitale Medien -- neue Möglichkeiten für Demokratie und Partizipation? (Digital Media: New Opportunities for Democracy and Participation?) Berlin. Trafo. pp. 59-94.

Fuchs, Christian (2006) Wissenskapitalismus und Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen (Knowledge Capitalism and Guaranteed Basic Income). In: Appel, Margit/Blaschke, Ronald/Fuchs, Christian/Füllsack, Manfred/Gubitzer, Luise (Eds.) (2006) Grundeinkommen -- In Freiheit tätig sein (Guaranteed Basic Income -- Activity in Freedom). Berlin. Avinus. ISBN 3-930064-73-1. pp. 187-201.

Fuchs, Christian (2005) Emanzipation! Technik und Politik bei Herbert Marcuse. Aachen. Shaker.

Fuchs, Christian (2005) Herbert Marcuse interkulturell gelesen. Interkulturelle Bibliothek Vol. 15. Nordhausen. Bautz.

Fuchs, Christian (2005) The Internet as a Self-Organizing Socio-Technological System. In: Cybernetics & Human Knowing. Vol. 12. No. 3. pp. 37-81.

Fuchs, Christian (2005) The Mass Media, Politics, and Warfare. In: Artz, Lee/Kamalipour, Yahya (Hrsg.) (2005) Bring 'Em On! Media and Politics in the Iraq War. Global Media Series. New York. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 189-207.

Fuchs, Christian/Hofkirchner, Wolfgang (2005) Self-Organization, Knowledge, and Responsibility. In: Kybernetes, Special Issue on Heinz von Foerster, Vol. 34, No. 1-2, pp. 241-260.

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