Sad by Design: On Platform Nihilism

by Geert Lovink

Book Overview

Sadness is now a design problem. The highs and lows of melancholy are coded into social media platforms. After all the clicking, browsing, swiping and liking, all we are left with is the flat and empty aftermath of time lost to the app. Sad by Design offers a critical analysis of the growing social media controversies such as fake news, toxic viral memes and online addiction. The failed search for a grand design has resulted in depoliticised internet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745339344
• ISBN13: 9780745339344
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"