[Commlist] New Book - Algorithms and the End of Politics: How Technology Shapes 21st-Century American Life

Scott Timcke's new book *Algorithms and the End of Politics: How 
Technology Shapes 21st-Century American Life* was released this week.

Here is a link to the book page at Bristol University Press:
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/algorithms-and-the-end-of-politics 
<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/algorithms-and-the-end-of-politics>.

Here is a link to a short post at Transforming Society that covers some 
of the topics and themes of the book:
https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2021/01/18/silicon-valley-and-the-future-of-us-politics/ 
<https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2021/01/18/silicon-valley-and-the-future-of-us-politics/>.

And finally here is the blurb:
/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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