Digital platforms as ideological actors

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Scientific

Description

A research focus on the relation between the base and superstructure, especially in the context of digital economy and digital culture, is still productive today. Precondition: avoid a mechanic or monolithic view on this relation. Any a priori theorization will eventually derail. But base and superstructure are useful and productive as sensitizing concepts (van den Hoonaard, 1997; Maly, 2022) in a digital ethnographic approach. In the remainder of this article I want to show how those concepts can be utilized to make sense of the ideological role of digital platforms in contemporary societies.
Period16 Jun 2023
Event titleTSHD Digital Humanities Symposium
Event typeConference

Keywords

  • digital media
  • digital culture
  • platform ideologies
  • digital economy
  • techno-feudalism
  • digital capitalism
  • Facebook
  • influencers
  • relations of production