Algorithms and the End of Politics: How Technology Shapes 21st-Century American Life

Scott Timcke

book: Algorithms and the End of Politics

Open Access Published by Bristol University Press 2021

Algorithms and the End of Politics

How Technology Shapes 21st-Century American Life

Scott Timcke

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529215335

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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.

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Front Matter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	vi
Introduction: The Great Simplification Open Access Download PDF	1
Algorithms and the Critical Theory of Technology Open Access Download PDF	21
The One-Dimensionality of Data Open Access Download PDF	43
Reactionary Tendencies in the Ruling Class Open Access Download PDF	61
Platforms of Power Open Access Download PDF	75
The Whiteness of Communication Studies Open Access Download PDF	97
Misinformation and Ideology Open Access Download PDF	111
Testbeds for Authoritarianism Open Access Download PDF	127
Conclusion: The Fatal Abstractions of Capitalist Rule Open Access Download PDF	151
References Open Access Download PDF	157
Index Open Access Download PDF	187

Language: English
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 198

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Published: February 15, 2021
ISBN: 9781529215335