Following a host of high-profile scandals, the political influence of platform companies (the
global corporations that that operate online 'platforms' such as Facebook, WhatsApp …

We commonly think of society as made of and by humans, but with the proliferation of
machine learning and AI technologies, this is clearly no longer the case. Billions of …

This book is an extensive investigation of the complexities, ambiguities and shortcomings of
contemporary digital activism. The author deconstructs the reductionism of the literature on …

The widespread collection and use of data has been the subject of much public and
scholarly interest in recent years. Data justice has emerged as a significant framework for …

This article conceptualizes algorithmic consumer culture, and offers a framework that sheds
new light on two previously conflicting theorizations: that (1) digitalization tends to liquefy …

As datafication progressively invades all spheres of contemporary society, citizens grow
increasingly aware of the critical role of information as the new fabric of social life. This …

This article develops a conceptual framework for understanding collective action in the age
of social media, focusing on the role of collective identity and the process of its making. It is …

Social media platforms rose up out of the exquisite chaos of the web. Their founders were
inspired by or hoping to capitalize on the freedom it promised, while also hoping to provide …

Platforms rose up out of the exquisite chaos of the web. Their founders were inspired by the
freedom it promised, but also hoped to provide spaces for the web's best and most social …

It is widely established that social media afford social movement (SM) organizations new
ways of organizing. Critical studies point out, however, that social media use may also …