Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Corporate Social Responsibility: Critical Perspectives 3. Social Responsibility and the Media 4. Towards a Critical Empirical Case Study of CSR in Media and Communication Industries 5. Apple: Dirty Computers? 6. AT&T: Internet Censor? 7. Google: Evil Spy? 8. HP: Hazardous Products? CSR Approach 9. Microsoft: Knowledge Monopoly? 10. News Corporation: Consciousness Industry? 11. The Walt Disney Company: Nightmare Factory? 12. Vivendi: Corporate Pirates? 13. Social (Ir)Responsibility in the Media and Communication System 14. The Logic of Property and the Logic of the Common in the Media System 15. Conclusion: Social Media as Commons-Based Media

About the Author

Marisol Sandoval is a Lecturer at the Department of Culture and Creative Industries at City University London. Her research focuses on alternative media, critical political economy of cultural industries, and Corporate Social (Ir)Responsibility. She is co-editor of Internet and Surveillance (2009) and Critique, Social Media and the Information Society (2013).

Reviews

Sandoval’s thoroughly researched and withering critique of corporate social responsibility in the media industry provides an excellent guide for those who want to understand today’s media world in order to change it. - Vincent Mosco, author of 'To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World' What a marvelous book this is! Marisol Sandoval offers a vibrant new voice that cuts through the noise about corporate social responsibility and takes us to the center of its claims. Essential reading for sociologists, media scholars, and environmentalists alike. - Toby Miller, author of 'Greening the Media'