Thomas Allmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4169031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Allmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Allmer |
| SIGNATURE | ALLMER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stirling |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5252-4314 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Critical Internet Privacy Studies
Critical Political Economy of Culture and Communication: An Interview with Graham Murdock
This paper presents an interview with Graham Murdock. It was conducted by Thomas Allmer and Christian Fuchs for tripleC. In it, Graham Murdock reflects on the field of Critical Political Economy of Culture and Communication, his contributions to and work in this field of studies, the role of Karl Marx in this field, Stuart Hall, Critical Political Economy and Cultural Studies, Raymond Williams, the climate crisis and the environmental movement, M…
Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis. Introduction to the Special Issue
Digital capitalism matters. Digital capitalism shapes our lives. Digital capitalism needs to be better understood. We need critical theories of digital capitalism. We need to better understand praxes that challenge digital capitalism and aim at fostering digital democracy and digital socialism. tripleC’s special issue on “Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis” wants to contribute to establishing foundations of critical …
Special Issue: Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis, Edited by Thomas Allmer, Sevda Can Arslan and Christian Fuchs (Full Issue for Download)
Thomas Allmer, Sevda Can Arslan and Christian Fuchs, eds. 2024. Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis. Special Issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 22 (1): 140-433. tripleC’s special issue on “Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis” presents 14 papers and an introduction that contribute to establishing foundations of critical theories and the philosophy of praxis in the light …
Critical Sociology of Media and Communication: Connecting a Disconnected Field
The sociology of media and communications was never explicitly defined - nor was there ever an explicit debate about the sub-field. Not having a clear anchor makes it hard to define what its critical component should be. Nonetheless, a rich yet disconnected tradition of sociology and critical political economy allows flexibility to reconsider communication and social relations in the broader societal dynamics of capitalism. Specifying a critical …
Sono una madre single. Non sento di poter essere competitiva quanto altri»: Esperienze di personale precario nelle università del Regno Unito. Translated by Gloria Dagnino
Universities play a central role in informational capitalism. However, higher education institutions have undergone economic, political and cultural transformations leading to competition, market orientation and new management forms. These changes have effects on many levels, including the working conditions and practices of individuals involved in the information gaining process. This article aims to find out how the existing working conditions …
Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism
The aim of this article is to contextualise universities historically within capitalism and to analyse academic labour and the deployment of digital media theoretically and critically. It argues that the post-war expansion of the university can be considered as medium and outcome of informational capitalism and as a dialectical development of social achievement and advanced commodification. The article strives to identify the class position of ac…
‘I am a single mum. I don't feel like I can be as competitive as other people’: Experiences of precariously employed staff at UK universities
Universities play a central role in informational capitalism. However, higher education institutions have undergone economic, political and cultural transformations leading to competition, market orientation and new management forms. These changes have effects on many levels, including the working conditions and practices of individuals involved in the information gaining process. This article aims to find out how the existing working conditions …
Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism (Combined PDF of all articles)
Combined pdf of all articles published in the special issue "Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism", edited by Thomas Allmer and Ergin Bulut, tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 16 (1), 2018, pp. 44-240
Introduction: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism
The overall task of this special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique is to gather critical contributions examining universities, academic labour, digital media and capitalism. The articles collected in this special issue (1) provide the context, history and theoretical concepts underlying academic labour, (2) analyse the relationship between academic work and digital media/new information and communication technologies/the Inte…
Theorising and Analysing Academic Labour
The aim of this article is to contextualise universities historically within capitalism and to analyse academic labour and the deployment of digital media theoretically and critically. It argues that the post-war expansion of the university can be considered as medium and outcome of informational capitalism and as a dialectical development of social achievement and advanced commodification. The article strives to identify the class position of ac…
Precarious, always-on and flexible: A case study of academics as information workers
The higher education landscape has changed in the past decades. The neoliberal restructuring of universities has led to transformations such as reducing public expenditure, allocating resources based on competition and quasi-market disciplines. These structural transformations have also an effect on the working conditions, practices and relations of subjects within universities. Questions that need to be addressed: How do different working contex…
Introduction: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work—Definitions, Dimensions, and Forms
In 1845, Karl Marx (1845, 571) formulated the 11th Feuerbach Thesis: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.” Today, interpreting the world has become an important form of labour that is expressed on and with the help of digital media. In this context it has become common to talk about digital labour and virtual work. Yet the changes that digital, social, and mobile media bring about in the wo…
Social Media as Surveillance: Rethinking Visibility in a Converging World
First paragraph: In recent years, based on the employment of various surveillance technologies, there has been an extension and intensification of privacy threats and surveillance risks in economic, political, and cultural contexts. The Internet and new media are among these technologies. The fact that one can find Web 2.0 platforms such as Facebook (rank 2), YouTube (rank 3), LinkedIn (rank 8) and Twitter (rank 10) among the most frequently acce…
Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism
Contents: Critical Social Theory - Critical Media and Communication Studies - Critical Surveillance Studies - Panopticon - Karl Marx - Michel Foucault - Political Economy of Surveillance - Political Economy of the Internet - Workplace Surveillance - Pre-Employment Screening - Intellectual Property Surveillance - Consumer Surveillance.
Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism
Critical Surveillance Studies in the Information Society
The overall aim of this paper is to clarify how we can theorize and systemize economic surveillance. Surveillance studies scholars like David Lyon stress that economic surveillance such as monitoring consumers or the workplace are central aspects of surveillance societies. The approach that is advanced in this work recognizes the importance of the role of the economy in contemporary surveillance societies. The paper at hand constructs theoretical…
Precarious, always-on and flexible: A case study of academics as information workers
The higher education landscape has changed in the past decades. The neoliberal restructuring of universities has led to transformations such as reducing public expenditure, allocating resources based on competition and quasi-market disciplines. These structural transformations have also an effect on the working conditions, practices and relations of subjects within universities. Questions that need to be addressed: How do different working contex…
Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism
The aim of this article is to contextualise universities historically within capitalism and to analyse academic labour and the deployment of digital media theoretically and critically. It argues that the post-war expansion of the university can be considered as medium and outcome of informational capitalism and as a dialectical development of social achievement and advanced commodification. The article strives to identify the class position of ac…
Critical Sociology of Media and Communication: Connecting a Disconnected Field
The sociology of media and communications was never explicitly defined - nor was there ever an explicit debate about the sub-field. Not having a clear anchor makes it hard to define what its critical component should be. Nonetheless, a rich yet disconnected tradition of sociology and critical political economy allows flexibility to reconsider communication and social relations in the broader societal dynamics of capitalism. Specifying a critical …
Social Media as Surveillance: Rethinking Visibility in a Converging World
First paragraph: In recent years, based on the employment of various surveillance technologies, there has been an extension and intensification of privacy threats and surveillance risks in economic, political, and cultural contexts. The Internet and new media are among these technologies. The fact that one can find Web 2.0 platforms such as Facebook (rank 2), YouTube (rank 3), LinkedIn (rank 8) and Twitter (rank 10) among the most frequently acce…
Critical Surveillance Studies in the Information Society
The overall aim of this paper is to clarify how we can theorize and systemize economic surveillance. Surveillance studies scholars like David Lyon stress that economic surveillance such as monitoring consumers or the workplace are central aspects of surveillance societies. The approach that is advanced in this work recognizes the importance of the role of the economy in contemporary surveillance societies. The paper at hand constructs theoretical…
Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism
Contents: Critical Social Theory - Critical Media and Communication Studies - Critical Surveillance Studies - Panopticon - Karl Marx - Michel Foucault - Political Economy of Surveillance - Political Economy of the Internet - Workplace Surveillance - Pre-Employment Screening - Intellectual Property Surveillance - Consumer Surveillance.
Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism
Introduction: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work—Definitions, Dimensions, and Forms
In 1845, Karl Marx (1845, 571) formulated the 11th Feuerbach Thesis: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.” Today, interpreting the world has become an important form of labour that is expressed on and with the help of digital media. In this context it has become common to talk about digital labour and virtual work. Yet the changes that digital, social, and mobile media bring about in the wo…
Social Media as Surveillance: Rethinking Visibility in a Converging World
First paragraph: In recent years, based on the employment of various surveillance technologies, there has been an extension and intensification of privacy threats and surveillance risks in economic, political, and cultural contexts. The Internet and new media are among these technologies. The fact that one can find Web 2.0 platforms such as Facebook (rank 2), YouTube (rank 3), LinkedIn (rank 8) and Twitter (rank 10) among the most frequently acce…
‘I am a single mum. I don't feel like I can be as competitive as other people’: Experiences of precariously employed staff at UK universities
Universities play a central role in informational capitalism. However, higher education institutions have undergone economic, political and cultural transformations leading to competition, market orientation and new management forms. These changes have effects on many levels, including the working conditions and practices of individuals involved in the information gaining process. This article aims to find out how the existing working conditions …
Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism (Combined PDF of all articles)
Combined pdf of all articles published in the special issue "Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism", edited by Thomas Allmer and Ergin Bulut, tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 16 (1), 2018, pp. 44-240
Introduction: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism
The overall task of this special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique is to gather critical contributions examining universities, academic labour, digital media and capitalism. The articles collected in this special issue (1) provide the context, history and theoretical concepts underlying academic labour, (2) analyse the relationship between academic work and digital media/new information and communication technologies/the Inte…
Theorising and Analysing Academic Labour
The aim of this article is to contextualise universities historically within capitalism and to analyse academic labour and the deployment of digital media theoretically and critically. It argues that the post-war expansion of the university can be considered as medium and outcome of informational capitalism and as a dialectical development of social achievement and advanced commodification. The article strives to identify the class position of ac…
Precarious, always-on and flexible: A case study of academics as information workers
The higher education landscape has changed in the past decades. The neoliberal restructuring of universities has led to transformations such as reducing public expenditure, allocating resources based on competition and quasi-market disciplines. These structural transformations have also an effect on the working conditions, practices and relations of subjects within universities. Questions that need to be addressed: How do different working contex…
Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism
The aim of this article is to contextualise universities historically within capitalism and to analyse academic labour and the deployment of digital media theoretically and critically. It argues that the post-war expansion of the university can be considered as medium and outcome of informational capitalism and as a dialectical development of social achievement and advanced commodification. The article strives to identify the class position of ac…
Sono una madre single. Non sento di poter essere competitiva quanto altri»: Esperienze di personale precario nelle università del Regno Unito. Translated by Gloria Dagnino
Universities play a central role in informational capitalism. However, higher education institutions have undergone economic, political and cultural transformations leading to competition, market orientation and new management forms. These changes have effects on many levels, including the working conditions and practices of individuals involved in the information gaining process. This article aims to find out how the existing working conditions …
Critical Political Economy of Culture and Communication: An Interview with Graham Murdock
This paper presents an interview with Graham Murdock. It was conducted by Thomas Allmer and Christian Fuchs for tripleC. In it, Graham Murdock reflects on the field of Critical Political Economy of Culture and Communication, his contributions to and work in this field of studies, the role of Karl Marx in this field, Stuart Hall, Critical Political Economy and Cultural Studies, Raymond Williams, the climate crisis and the environmental movement, M…
Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis. Introduction to the Special Issue
Digital capitalism matters. Digital capitalism shapes our lives. Digital capitalism needs to be better understood. We need critical theories of digital capitalism. We need to better understand praxes that challenge digital capitalism and aim at fostering digital democracy and digital socialism. tripleC’s special issue on “Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis” wants to contribute to establishing foundations of critical …
Special Issue: Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis, Edited by Thomas Allmer, Sevda Can Arslan and Christian Fuchs (Full Issue for Download)
Thomas Allmer, Sevda Can Arslan and Christian Fuchs, eds. 2024. Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis. Special Issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 22 (1): 140-433. tripleC’s special issue on “Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis” presents 14 papers and an introduction that contribute to establishing foundations of critical theories and the philosophy of praxis in the light …
Critical Sociology of Media and Communication: Connecting a Disconnected Field
The sociology of media and communications was never explicitly defined - nor was there ever an explicit debate about the sub-field. Not having a clear anchor makes it hard to define what its critical component should be. Nonetheless, a rich yet disconnected tradition of sociology and critical political economy allows flexibility to reconsider communication and social relations in the broader societal dynamics of capitalism. Specifying a critical …
Critical Internet Privacy Studies
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Capitalism (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Social science (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (5 works) · Public relations (5 works)