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OverviewEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As the US contends with issues of populism and de-democratization, this timely study considers the impacts of digital technologies on the country's politics and society. Timcke provides a Marxist analysis of the rise of digital media, social networks and technology giants like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft. He looks at the impact of these new platforms and technologies on their users who have made them among the most valuable firms in the world. Offering bold new thinking across data politics and digital and economic sociology, this is a powerful demonstration of how algorithms have come to shape everyday life and political legitimacy in the US and beyond. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Scott Timcke (University of the West Indies at St Augustine)Publisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Bristol University Press ISBN: 9781529215311ISBN 10: 1529215315 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 15 February 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Great Simplification Algorithms and The Critical Theory of Technology The One Dimensionality of Data Reactionary Tendencies in the Ruling Class Platforms of Power The Whiteness of Communication Studies Misinformation and Ideology Testbeds for Authoritarianism Conclusion: The Fatal Abstractions of Capitalist RuleReviews"""Offering bold new thinking across data politics and digital and economic sociology, this is a powerful demonstration of how algorithms have come to shape everyday life and political legitimacy in the US and beyond."" New Books Network" Offering bold new thinking across data politics and digital and economic sociology, this is a powerful demonstration of how algorithms have come to shape everyday life and political legitimacy in the US and beyond. New Books Network Author InformationScott Timcke studies the politics of race, class, and social inequality as they are mediated by digital infrastructures. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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