Book Review: Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter by Christian Fuchs

Abstract

Ryan J. Phillips reviews Christian Fuchs' Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter. Fuchs' latest work provides an excellent critical perspective on the global rise of right-wing populism and authoritarianism, and explores the specifics of Trump's brand of authoritarian ideology and its dissemination via social media platforms.

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• authoritarianism
• capitalism
• Twitter
• critical theory