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Book/Printed Material Seeing like a platform : an inquiry into the condition of digital modernity

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Title

  • Seeing like a platform : an inquiry into the condition of digital modernity

Summary

  • "Power needs abstraction, to make the unwieldy complexity of the social world legible and manageable. The proposition at the heart of Seeing Like a Platform is that digital technology brings new metaphors through which power operates. While industrial modernity saw society as a machinery to be designed according to detailed blueprints, digital modernity views society as organic and alive, to be herded and nudged through digital infrastructures, AI, and algorithms. Seeing Like a Platform explores the history, meaning and far-reaching consequences of this epistemological shift. From social movements to Wikipedia, from digital platforms to city planning, from social science to media, society is being redefined by ideas from complexity science. While complexity offers a vision of a self-organized society freed from hierarchies and overbearing bureaucracies - it simultaneously enables new forms of domination and control. Through theoretical reflections and case studies, Seeing Like a Platform offers an inquiry into digital modernity. Accessibly written and broad ranging, it is essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners in fields such as sociology, political science, urban studies, and technology studies. It will also interest anyone keen to understand the profound impact of digital technologies on governance, social organization, and everyday life"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Törnberg, Petter, author
  • Uitermark, Justus, author

Created / Published

  • London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
  • ©2025

Headings

  • -  Information technology--Social aspects
  • -  Information society

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HM851

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024040785

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Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access.

Online Format

  • epub
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Törnberg, Petter, Author, and Justus Uitermark. Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry Into the Condition of Digital Modernity. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, . ©, 2025. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024040785/.

APA citation style:

Törnberg, P. & Uitermark, J. (2025) Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry Into the Condition of Digital Modernity. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, . ©. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024040785/.

MLA citation style:

Törnberg, Petter, Author, and Justus Uitermark. Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry Into the Condition of Digital Modernity. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, . ©, 2025. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024040785/>.