Platforms & Society
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Platforms & Society hosts critical social science and humanities research on platforms and platformization, examining their impacts on and embeddedness in economies, cultures, and institutions around the world.
Last but not least, Ellie Rennie's piece considers the role of "contribution systems" in creating “interobjective value” through ledgers of data dependencies journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Last but not least, Ellie Rennie's piece considers the role of "contribution systems" in creating “interobjective value” through ledgers of data dependencies journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Sixth, @puellaludens.bsky.social uses the case of health data regulations in the United States to explore the importance of interoperability as a value leverage mechanism journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sixth, @puellaludens.bsky.social uses the case of health data regulations in the United States to explore the importance of interoperability as a value leverage mechanism journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
In the fifth commentary, @kelsiemvn.bsky.social takes us to data intermediaries, the entities that process data to make it relationally valuable journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In the fifth commentary, @kelsiemvn.bsky.social takes us to data intermediaries, the entities that process data to make it relationally valuable journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
The fourth essay, by Angela Xiao Wu, challenges commonplace narratives of unfettered platform expansion by focussing on the Chinese state as a value shareholder of platform configurations journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The fourth essay, by Angela Xiao Wu, challenges commonplace narratives of unfettered platform expansion by focussing on the Chinese state as a value shareholder of platform configurations journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Third, @jakegoldenfein.bsky.social takes us to the frontier of value promised by foundation models which allow the monetization of massive datasets through consumer facing artificial intelligence (AI) products journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Third, @jakegoldenfein.bsky.social takes us to the frontier of value promised by foundation models which allow the monetization of massive datasets through consumer facing artificial intelligence (AI) products journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
In the second essay, @franziscool.bsky.social brings the question of value to the interface between digital platforms and green VC funds journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In the second essay, @franziscool.bsky.social brings the question of value to the interface between digital platforms and green VC funds journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
In the first commentary, @markandrejevic.bsky.social , Zoe Elena Horn and @Michael Richardson explore how digital twins monetize existing but disaggregated systems by assembling them into new arrangements that intensify digital enclosures journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In the first commentary, @markandrejevic.bsky.social , Zoe Elena Horn and @Michael Richardson explore how digital twins monetize existing but disaggregated systems by assembling them into new arrangements that intensify digital enclosures journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
In their editorial, Janet Roitman, Andrew Moon and Leila Lin foreground the importance of asking questions about value to understand the heterogeneous terrain of the platform economy journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In their editorial, Janet Roitman, Andrew Moon and Leila Lin foreground the importance of asking questions about value to understand the heterogeneous terrain of the platform economy journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Another recent one! Amir Anwar explores how platform workers in Africa are building self-organized networks to exert power and rework the system for their benefit, demonstrating resilience and agency outside of traditional unions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another recent one! Amir Anwar explores how platform workers in Africa are building self-organized networks to exert power and rework the system for their benefit, demonstrating resilience and agency outside of traditional unions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hot off the press: Chris J Young, Daniel J Joseph and @nieborg.bsky.social trace a platform historiography of #Unity to discuss how workflows create dexterous corporate lockins in cultural production journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... enjoy!
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hot off the press: Chris J Young, Daniel J Joseph and @nieborg.bsky.social trace a platform historiography of #Unity to discuss how workflows create dexterous corporate lockins in cultural production journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... enjoy!
And another piece for our readers: Margherita Di Cicco & Davide Beraldo explore how sex workers engage in cross-platform promotion more than in the production of sexual content itself, arguing that precarious success on OF depends on cross-platform dependency journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
And another piece for our readers: Margherita Di Cicco & Davide Beraldo explore how sex workers engage in cross-platform promotion more than in the production of sexual content itself, arguing that precarious success on OF depends on cross-platform dependency journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
And another gem from the summer: Nicholas Proferes @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social @kthorson.bsky.social @ankolika.bsky.social Chia-Fang Chang and Ava Francesca Battocchio write about the rhetoric of localism in platform content moderation. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
And another gem from the summer: Nicholas Proferes @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social @kthorson.bsky.social @ankolika.bsky.social Chia-Fang Chang and Ava Francesca Battocchio write about the rhetoric of localism in platform content moderation. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
A belated catch-up with the papers that came out this (boreal) summer: we start with @alexturvy.bsky.social with a comparative analysis of how TikTok and Instagram shape the conditions for cultural production through their platform configurations. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A belated catch-up with the papers that came out this (boreal) summer: we start with @alexturvy.bsky.social with a comparative analysis of how TikTok and Instagram shape the conditions for cultural production through their platform configurations. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Digital payments against the convenience of cash? Read more from our editor @msteinbrg.bsky.social writing about PayPay, Japanese convenience stores, and the digital payment wars of the late 2010s. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Digital payments against the convenience of cash? Read more from our editor @msteinbrg.bsky.social writing about PayPay, Japanese convenience stores, and the digital payment wars of the late 2010s. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One the fine line between surveillance, protection and punishment, Carmela Morgillo and Salomé Lannier's recent piece addresses important questions of platform governance and sexual exploitstion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One the fine line between surveillance, protection and punishment, Carmela Morgillo and Salomé Lannier's recent piece addresses important questions of platform governance and sexual exploitstion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
How is the fungibility of money<->data in #credit relations intermediated? Writing about #India, in a recent paper Rahul Mukherjee traces the #platform #intermediation processes in the loan app ecosystem. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
How is the fungibility of money<->data in #credit relations intermediated? Writing about #India, in a recent paper Rahul Mukherjee traces the #platform #intermediation processes in the loan app ecosystem. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hard to explain how happy we are about the first multimedia publication out in our journal: Maja-Lee Voigt - Mapping #Amazon 's logistical footprint on the #Ruhr journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... a collage isometry of Amazon's layers in the EU warehouse capital
May 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Hard to explain how happy we are about the first multimedia publication out in our journal: Maja-Lee Voigt - Mapping #Amazon 's logistical footprint on the #Ruhr journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... a collage isometry of Amazon's layers in the EU warehouse capital
Another #paperaltert: in our latest article, Jess Brand and @linadencik.bsky.social examine how postal workers's identities at Royal Mail UK are being reshaped by the #Amazonification of their work: this change isn't just about privatization, but driven by algorithmic mgt shorturl.at/DMHKX
May 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Another #paperaltert: in our latest article, Jess Brand and @linadencik.bsky.social examine how postal workers's identities at Royal Mail UK are being reshaped by the #Amazonification of their work: this change isn't just about privatization, but driven by algorithmic mgt shorturl.at/DMHKX
Paper alert: in one or our latest apers, #AndrewWirzburger writes about #reviewbombing on the game #platform #Steam, arguing that review bombing serves as a political tool while being problematized by Steam as social misconduct. Read more at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Paper alert: in one or our latest apers, #AndrewWirzburger writes about #reviewbombing on the game #platform #Steam, arguing that review bombing serves as a political tool while being problematized by Steam as social misconduct. Read more at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In our latest paper, Federico de Stavola explores the structural heterogeneity of platform labour realities in Latin America, drawing on world systems and dependency theories journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
In our latest paper, Federico de Stavola explores the structural heterogeneity of platform labour realities in Latin America, drawing on world systems and dependency theories journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
EVENT ALERT: Platforms and Society and
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
May 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
EVENT ALERT: Platforms and Society and
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)