Algorithmic desire toward a new structuralist theory of social media / Matthew Flisfeder.
| Author/creator | Flisfeder, Matthew, 1980- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021. |
| Description | xiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Diaeresis Diaeresis. ^A1343796 |
| Contents | Introduction Metaphor as Totality, or, Social Media as Our Metaphor -- Periodizing Social Media, or, "Social Media" Does Not Exist! -- Enjoying Social Media -- Subjection before Enslavement -- Input/Output -- Appearances That Matter, and the Reified Subjects of Social Media -- The Swiping Logic of the Signifier -- Conclusion The End of Social Media, or, Accelerate the Metaphor? |
| Abstract | "Algorithmic Desire shows that social media is a metaphor that reveals the dominant form of contemporary ideology: neoliberal capitalism. The author interprets the social media metaphor through dialectical, Marxist, and Lacanian frameworks"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020040286 |
| ISBN | 9780810143333 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780810143340 (cloth) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |