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Updated: 08/29/2008
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  Dr. Eran Fisher, Assistant Professor
         

Office

The Annex, Rm. 106

Tel: 570.484.2179

efisher1@lhup.edu

Office Hours for Spring 2008:

Monday, 2:30-3:20

Wednesday, 1:30-3:30

Thursday, 12:00-2:00

 

Courses taught

Introduction to Sociology

Social Problems

Sociological Research

Sociology of Media

 

Biography

Dr. Fisher received his MA and PhD in sociology from the New School for Social Research in New York in 2007, with a dissertation entitled "The spirit of Networks: Wired magazine and the Discourse on Technology in Post-Fordist Society”.

He also holds a BA in behavioral science and an MA in sociology from Ben-Gurion University in Israel.

 

Dr. Fisher is interested in the economic sociology of the information society and in the political culture of capitalism. Among his other interests are the sociology of information and media technology and critical social theory.

Selected publications

Fisher, Eran. 2007. “‘Upgrading’ Market Legitimation: Revisiting Habermas’s ‘Technology as Ideology’ in Neoliberal Times”, Fast Capitalism, Vol. 2(2). http://www.fastcapitalism.com.

 

Fisher, Eran. 2007. “From Safety Net to the Internet: The Discourse on Network Production in Post-Fordist Society” in Dan Caspi and Tal Azran (Eds.), New Media and Innovative Technologies, Be’er Sheva: Ben-Gurion University Press.  http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Centers/burda/Publications/books/usesgratnewm.htm