Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity
Author:   Petter Törnberg (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) ,  Justus Uitermark (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032354330


Pages:   154
Publication Date:   29 January 2025
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Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity


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Author:   Petter Törnberg (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) ,  Justus Uitermark (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781032354330


ISBN 10:   103235433
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   29 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The social science of complexity 3. Complex cities: Longing for Wikitopia 4. Complex bureaucracies: Self-organization in Wikipedia 5. Complex media: The epistemology of digital capitalism 6. Complex contention: Anonymous’ power dynamics 7. Digital Platforms: Complexity and power in the digital economy 8. Conclusion: The biopolitics of Artificial Intelligence

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Petter Törnberg is Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at the University of Amsterdam. He studies the intersection of AI, social media, and politics using computational methods and digital data for critical inquiry. His most recent book is Intimate Communities of Hate: Why Social Media Fuels Far-Right Extremism (with Anton Törnberg). Justus Uitermark is a geographer and sociologist at the University of Amsterdam. He holds a chair in Urban Geography and directs the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research. Uitermark has written widely on cities, social movements, and digital platforms. His books include On Display: Instagram, the Self, and the City (with John Boy), Cities and Social Movements (with Walter Nicholls), and Dynamics of Power in Dutch Integration Politics.

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