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

Sat Feb 27 18:34:51 GMT 2021



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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