TY - GEN
T1 - The Politics of Platformization
T2 - Amsterdam Dialogues on Platform Theory
AU - Helmond, Anne
A2 - Cristofari, Gianmarco
PY - 2023/2/14
Y1 - 2023/2/14
N2 - What is platformization and why is it a relevant category in the contemporary political landscape? How is it related to cybernetics and the history of computation? This book tries to answer such questions by engaging in multidisciplinary dialogues about the first ten years of the emerging fields of platform studies and platform theory. It deploys a narrative and playful approach that makes use of anecdotes, personal histories, etymologies, and futurable speculations to investigate both the fragmented genealogy that led to platformization and the organizational and economic trends that guide nowadays platform sociotechnical imaginaries.
AB - What is platformization and why is it a relevant category in the contemporary political landscape? How is it related to cybernetics and the history of computation? This book tries to answer such questions by engaging in multidisciplinary dialogues about the first ten years of the emerging fields of platform studies and platform theory. It deploys a narrative and playful approach that makes use of anecdotes, personal histories, etymologies, and futurable speculations to investigate both the fragmented genealogy that led to platformization and the organizational and economic trends that guide nowadays platform sociotechnical imaginaries.
M3 - Other contribution
SN - 9789492302984
VL - 48
T3 - INC Theory on Demand
PB - Institute of Network Cultures
CY - Amsterdam
ER -