Dr. Thomas Allmer

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Media Systems and Media Organisation

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Thomas Allmer: Thomas Allmer is a research associate at the Department of Media Studies at Paderborn University in Germany. He is also the coordinator of Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research of the European Sociological Association and co-editor of the open access journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. His research and teaching are grounded in critical social theory and the political economy of media and communication, with a special focus on digital media and digital labour. His publications include 'Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism' (Peter Lang, 2012) and 'Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification' (Routledge, 2015). His forthcoming book, 'Universities and Academic Labour in Times of Digitalisation and Precarisation', will be published with Routledge in 2023.

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2023

Universities and Academic Labour in Times of Precarisation and Digitalisation

T. Allmer, Routledge, 2023

2019

Sono una madre single. Non sento di poter essere competitiva quanto altri: esperienze di personale precario nelle università del Regno Unito. Translated by Gloria Dagnin

T. Allmer, Studies in Communication Sciences (2019), 19(2), pp. 189-203

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Social Media and Everyday Politics

T. Allmer, Concept: The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory (2019), pp. 1-2

Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism

T. Allmer, Critical Sociology (2019), 45(4-5), pp. 599-615

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Kritická teorie a sociální média: Mezi emancipací a komodifikací. Translated

T. Allmer, Filosofia, 2019

2018

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

T. Allmer, Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation (2018), 12(1), pp. 62-77

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Introduction: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism

T. Allmer, E.. Bulut, . tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (2018), 16(1), pp. 44-48

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Precarious, Always-on and Flexible: A Case Study of Academics as Information Workers

T. Allmer, European Journal of Communication (2018), 33(4), pp. 381-395

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Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism

T. Allmer, E. Bulut. Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism. 2018.

Teorizando y analizando el trabajo académico

T. Allmer, Revista Hipertextos. Capitalismo, Técnica y Sociedad en debate (2018), 6(10), pp. 12-56

Theorising and Analysing Academic Labour

T. Allmer, tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (2018), 16(1), pp. 49-77

2017

PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future

T. Allmer, The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory (2017), pp. 1-4

Zero-Hour Contracts are Turning University Lecturers Off the Jo

T. Allmer. Zero-Hour Contracts are Turning University Lecturers Off the Jo. 2017.

2016

Critical Learning in Digital Networks

T. Allmer, The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory (2016), pp. 1-3

2015

Privatsphäre als Privileg: Der US-Rechtswissenschaftler Frank Pasquale ist dem Klassenwiderspruch in der digitalen Gesellschaft auf der Spur

T. Allmer. Privatsphäre als Privileg: Der US-Rechtswissenschaftler Frank Pasquale ist dem Klassenwiderspruch in der digitalen Gesellschaft auf der Spur. 2015.

Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification

T. Allmer, Routledge, 2015

2014

(Dis)Like Facebook? Dialectical and Critical Perspectives on Social Media

T. Allmer, Javnost – The Public: Journal of the European Institute for Communication and Culture (2014), 21(2), pp. 39-56

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Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorizing Digital Labour and Virtual Work: Definitions, Forms and Transformations

M. Sandoval , C. Fuchs, J.A.. Prodnik, S.. Sevignani, T. Allmer. Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorizing Digital Labour and Virtual Work: Definitions, Forms and Transformations. 2014.

Social Media as Surveillance: Rethinking Visibility in a Converging World

T. Allmer, European Journal of Communication (2014), pp. 376-379

Introduction: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work—Definitions, Dimensions, and Forms

M. Sandoval, C. Fuchs, J.A. Prodnik, S.. Sevignani, T. Allmer, Special Issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (2014), 12(2), pp. 464-467

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