[Commlist] new book: Algorithms of Resistance ) The Everyday Fight against Platform Power

New Book: Algorithms of Resistance (MIT press)

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Tiziano Bonini and Emiliano Treré's new book is out today: Algorithms of 
Resistance. The Everyday Fight against Platform Power
open access:
https://shorturl.at/deLVW

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Description:
Algorithms of Resistance (MIT Press, 2024) is an inquiry into agency in 
the age of Artificial intelligence and algorithmic governance of work, 
culture and politics. The book describes how global workers, 
influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by 
appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control our lives.

The authors begin by outlining their key theoretical framework of moral 
economies, arguing that algorithms exist on a continuum. At its two 
extremes are two competing moral economies: the user moral economy and 
the platform moral economy. From here, Algorithms of Resistance 
chronicles the various inventive ways that individuals can work to 
achieve agency and resist the ubiquitous power of algorithms. Drawing 
from rich ethnographic materials and perspectives from both the Global 
North and South, Bonini and Treré reveal the moral imperative for all of 
us—from delivery drivers to artists to social movements—to resist 
algorithms.

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PRAISE:

“Bonini and Treré's superb analysis of how users struggle with 
algorithmic power is a wonderful guide to the dynamics that animate the 
platform ecosystem. Essential reading for anyone interested in the 
sociotechnical processes of contemporary media.”
(José van Dijck, Distinguished Professor of Media and Digital Societies, 
Utrecht University; author of The Culture of Connectivity; coauthor of 
The Platform Society)

“A celebration of human agency and resilience in the face of an 
ever-more pervasive algorithmic culture. Bonini and Treré analyze the 
many ways that resistance is possible.”
(William Uricchio, Professor, Comparative Media Studies, MIT; coauthor 
of Collective Wisdom)

“Based on rich field work, digital ethnography, and interviews in India, 
China, Mexico, Italy, and Spain, this book provides a deeply insightful 
exploration of how gig workers, creators, and activists tactically 
engage with platform algorithms.”
(Thomas Poell, Professor of Data, Culture & Institutions, University of 
Amsterdam; coauthor of The Platform Society and Platforms and Cultural 
Production)

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PAPERBACK edition:https://shorturl.at/kyGHL <https://shorturl.at/kyGHL>

DOWNLOAD A PDF copy of the book in OPEN ACCESS:https://shorturl.at/deLVW 
<https://shorturl.at/deLVW>


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