Algorithmic Desire: Toward a New Structuralist Theory of Social Media

by Matthew Flisfeder

Book Overview

In Algorithmic Desire, Matthew Flisfeder shows that social media is a metaphor that reveals the dominant form of contemporary ideology: neoliberal capitalism. The preeminent medium of our time, social media's digital platform and algorithmic logic shape our experience of democracy, enjoyment, and desire. Weaving between critical theory and analyses of popular culture, Flisfeder uses examples from The King's Speech, Black Mirror,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081014333X
• ISBN13: 9780810143333
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"