Re. a lot of replies to this: yes, there are workarounds, which individuals might deploy. But the schools are locked into multi-year contracts with Google Classroom—every element of which funnels students toward Google products. This is called “platform capture.” link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Re. a lot of replies to this: yes, there are workarounds, which individuals might deploy. But the schools are locked into multi-year contracts with Google Classroom—every element of which funnels students toward Google products. This is called “platform capture.” link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
We are excited to share next week's ICS Seminar with @marcuscarter.com as our speaker. Marcus will present "Roblox Capitalism: Platformisation and the Political Economy of Children's Play".
📅 Date: Thursday 29th October
🕑 Time: 11.30AM-1.00PM
All welcome, we can't wait to see you there!
📅 Date: Thursday 29th October
🕑 Time: 11.30AM-1.00PM
All welcome, we can't wait to see you there!
October 25, 2026 at 12:32 AM
We are excited to share next week's ICS Seminar with @marcuscarter.com as our speaker. Marcus will present "Roblox Capitalism: Platformisation and the Political Economy of Children's Play".
📅 Date: Thursday 29th October
🕑 Time: 11.30AM-1.00PM
All welcome, we can't wait to see you there!
📅 Date: Thursday 29th October
🕑 Time: 11.30AM-1.00PM
All welcome, we can't wait to see you there!
‘before this platformisation, trafficking was based on routes and several intermediaries who were drug owners in each step of the chain. Now, such “joint ventures get together at the top, buy directly from the producer and deliver directly at the end. They no longer go through intermediaries.”
October 20, 2026 at 2:08 PM
‘before this platformisation, trafficking was based on routes and several intermediaries who were drug owners in each step of the chain. Now, such “joint ventures get together at the top, buy directly from the producer and deliver directly at the end. They no longer go through intermediaries.”
New publication: "Platformised Performances: Spoken Word Poetry in the Algorithmic Age" by Camille Dasseleer: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of #OLHjournal "Poetry off the Page: International Advances in Poetry Performance Research"
Published as part of #OLHjournal "Poetry off the Page: International Advances in Poetry Performance Research"
Platformised Performances: Spoken Word Poetry in the Algorithmic Age
This article analyses the consequences of the platformisation of spoken word practices. It identifies some of the paradoxes that appear when the countercultural and anti-hegemonic features of the spoken word tradition come into contact with the one-sided, hegemonic governance of dominant digital platforms, as well as with their culturally biased algorithms. The case study of Mexican poet Pilar Rodríguez Aranda is analysed in order to highlight the obstacles to politically engaged poetry. The article emphasises the need to adopt a critical, decolonial and post-global understanding of platforms and artificial intelligence in order to understand the potential incompatibilities between counter-hegemonic spoken word poetry and hegemonic digital technologies.
doi.org
October 17, 2026 at 8:56 AM
New publication: "Platformised Performances: Spoken Word Poetry in the Algorithmic Age" by Camille Dasseleer: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of #OLHjournal "Poetry off the Page: International Advances in Poetry Performance Research"
Published as part of #OLHjournal "Poetry off the Page: International Advances in Poetry Performance Research"
Escamilla #cyborgworkers terrific talk sorry the notes are a mess, I'm confounding where the resistence is due to AI and more general societal trends.
worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label.
Lack of resources and capacity to […]
worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label.
Lack of resources and capacity to […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Escamilla #cyborgworkers terrific talk sorry the notes are a mess, I'm confounding where the resistence is due to AI and more general societal trends.
worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label.
Lack of resources and capacity to […]
worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label.
Lack of resources and capacity to […]
@DrPen hmmm - good question. I have noticed that Learning, Media and Technology journal has had many recent papers on platformisation - perhaps there are some reflections on these issues as well, though I can't point to specific paper
October 14, 2026 at 7:40 AM
@DrPen hmmm - good question. I have noticed that Learning, Media and Technology journal has had many recent papers on platformisation - perhaps there are some reflections on these issues as well, though I can't point to specific paper
In an article about the influence of games like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Poppy Playtime, researchers Tegan Pyke and Ida Martine Gard Rysjedal identify the recurring themes, and the reflections of reality, that makes these games especially unsettling. 😱
Read the whole thing here:
Read the whole thing here:
View of Scary Business: Mascot Horror as Product and Reflection of
Platformisation
dl.digra.org
October 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
In an article about the influence of games like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Poppy Playtime, researchers Tegan Pyke and Ida Martine Gard Rysjedal identify the recurring themes, and the reflections of reality, that makes these games especially unsettling. 😱
Read the whole thing here:
Read the whole thing here:
Spaces of Urban Platformisation investigates how financialisation and platform capitalism shape urban everyday life. It looks at the speculative operations around Airbnb and coworking in Berlin.
The book has been out since May ’26, but it is never too late to promote it a little bit.
The book has been out since May ’26, but it is never too late to promote it a little bit.
October 7, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Spaces of Urban Platformisation investigates how financialisation and platform capitalism shape urban everyday life. It looks at the speculative operations around Airbnb and coworking in Berlin.
The book has been out since May ’26, but it is never too late to promote it a little bit.
The book has been out since May ’26, but it is never too late to promote it a little bit.
#OutNow in #iCS
In this article, the author proposes a media-genealogical approach to situate the claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this article, the author proposes a media-genealogical approach to situate the claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Taking artificial intelligence from the ‘priesthood’ and providing it as a service: a media-genealogical perspective on big tech’s AI platformisation
Recently, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have been positioning artificial intelligence as a utility that should be accessible to everyone. At the same time, they promote their cloud platforms as a m...
www.tandfonline.com
October 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
#OutNow in #iCS
In this article, the author proposes a media-genealogical approach to situate the claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this article, the author proposes a media-genealogical approach to situate the claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
IC&S. #OutNow in #iCS
In this article, the author proposes a media-genealogical approach to situate the claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing.
In this article, the author proposes a media-genealogical approach to situate the claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing.
#OutNow in #iCS
In this article, the author proposes a media-genealogical approach to situate the claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this article, the author proposes a media-genealogical approach to situate the claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Taking artificial intelligence from the ‘priesthood’ and providing it as a service: a media-genealogical perspective on big tech’s AI platformisation
Recently, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have been positioning artificial intelligence as a utility that should be accessible to everyone. At the same time, they promote their cloud platforms as a m...
www.tandfonline.com
October 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
By means of a critical discourse analysis of Google’s cloud AI platform, I show how cloud companies leverage this duality to forward a process of platformisation, where they establish themselves as the central intermediaries and transform AI technologies into services to be provided at scale.
October 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
By means of a critical discourse analysis of Google’s cloud AI platform, I show how cloud companies leverage this duality to forward a process of platformisation, where they establish themselves as the central intermediaries and transform AI technologies into services to be provided at scale.
I propose a media-genealogical approach to situate this claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing. I focus on three historic moments: (1) the invention of time-sharing and the idea of a ‘computer utility’ in the 1960s;
October 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I propose a media-genealogical approach to situate this claim of ‘democratization’ within a broader development in the infrastructuralisation and platformisation of computing. I focus on three historic moments: (1) the invention of time-sharing and the idea of a ‘computer utility’ in the 1960s;
Google's AI for Everyone? My media-genealogical analysis of big tech's AI platformization efforts is now published open access in IC&S!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Taking artificial intelligence from the ‘priesthood’ and providing it as a service: a media-genealogical perspective on big tech’s AI platformisation
Recently, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have been positioning artificial intelligence as a utility that should be accessible to everyone. At the same time, they promote their cloud platforms as a m...
www.tandfonline.com
September 29, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Google's AI for Everyone? My media-genealogical analysis of big tech's AI platformization efforts is now published open access in IC&S!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@g3om4c I suspect that, in the case of larger publishers, it is to do with platformisation and the desire to capture users within a web enclave that can be metricised, quantified, and monetised.
Or, in the case of better platforms, simply a neglect of the format, thinking that it's such a […]
Or, in the case of better platforms, simply a neglect of the format, thinking that it's such a […]
Original post on hcommons.social
hcommons.social
September 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
@g3om4c I suspect that, in the case of larger publishers, it is to do with platformisation and the desire to capture users within a web enclave that can be metricised, quantified, and monetised.
Or, in the case of better platforms, simply a neglect of the format, thinking that it's such a […]
Or, in the case of better platforms, simply a neglect of the format, thinking that it's such a […]
Who is responsible for ethical technology use: individuals, or the systems, institutions and companies that shape our digital lives?
This article explores power, platformisation, AI, governance and what might be missing from today's digital literacy debates.
This article explores power, platformisation, AI, governance and what might be missing from today's digital literacy debates.
DigComp 3.0: Another (EU) Framework Is Out - Digital Child
Denmark’s official school-home communication app may look like a practical tool, but it quietly transforms how care is performed.
digitalchild.org.au
September 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Who is responsible for ethical technology use: individuals, or the systems, institutions and companies that shape our digital lives?
This article explores power, platformisation, AI, governance and what might be missing from today's digital literacy debates.
This article explores power, platformisation, AI, governance and what might be missing from today's digital literacy debates.
My gripe predates llms this is a platformisation thing
September 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM
My gripe predates llms this is a platformisation thing
I wish I had discovered my defeat distaste and disgust for platformisation after I posted about about my Substack on my Bluesky
September 9, 2026 at 5:38 AM
I wish I had discovered my defeat distaste and disgust for platformisation after I posted about about my Substack on my Bluesky
The final parallel sessions of day 1 of #MeCCSA2026 have just begun on Platformisation and Media Industries (2.02), Cultural Industries and Promotional Activities (2.03), Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Value (2.04), (1/2)
September 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The final parallel sessions of day 1 of #MeCCSA2026 have just begun on Platformisation and Media Industries (2.02), Cultural Industries and Promotional Activities (2.03), Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Value (2.04), (1/2)
You do! But not necessarily in a good way. Stuff needing to be replaced faster, expansion of market logics into parts of your life that previously were maybe not commodified (privatisation, platformisation, etc), etc
October 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You do! But not necessarily in a good way. Stuff needing to be replaced faster, expansion of market logics into parts of your life that previously were maybe not commodified (privatisation, platformisation, etc), etc
(This is in a media industries/platformisation/labour unit in a week where students read @emvdn.bsky.social's great article on the platform imaginaries of OnlyFans www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... )
Competing platform imaginaries of NSFW content creation on OnlyFans
This article investigates the competing platform imaginary of content subscription platform OnlyFans. A feminist content analysis of news articles, memes, and posts to the official OnlyFans blog re...
www.tandfonline.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
(This is in a media industries/platformisation/labour unit in a week where students read @emvdn.bsky.social's great article on the platform imaginaries of OnlyFans www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... )
Very interesting to see the game industry talk about this phenomenon as 'deprofessionalisation'. Definitely more visible now in the wake of all the layoffs, but really this has been unfolding for 15+ years now as both platformisation and gigification.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-de...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-de...
The 'deprofessionalization of video games' was on full display at PAX East
PAX East felt like a warning: explosively successful games by solo devs and small teams are great, but it could lead to a dearth of vital specialists.
www.gamedeveloper.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Very interesting to see the game industry talk about this phenomenon as 'deprofessionalisation'. Definitely more visible now in the wake of all the layoffs, but really this has been unfolding for 15+ years now as both platformisation and gigification.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-de...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-de...
Join us for Leviathan’s Ear: a hybrid livestream + workshop on machine listening, voice interfaces, platformisation and digital sovereignty.
With Sean Dockray, James Parker & Joel Stern from machinelistening.exposed.
7 July 2026, 10am–12pm
Online + FAB 1.16, Warwick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H3...
With Sean Dockray, James Parker & Joel Stern from machinelistening.exposed.
7 July 2026, 10am–12pm
Online + FAB 1.16, Warwick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H3...
July 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Join us for Leviathan’s Ear: a hybrid livestream + workshop on machine listening, voice interfaces, platformisation and digital sovereignty.
With Sean Dockray, James Parker & Joel Stern from machinelistening.exposed.
7 July 2026, 10am–12pm
Online + FAB 1.16, Warwick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H3...
With Sean Dockray, James Parker & Joel Stern from machinelistening.exposed.
7 July 2026, 10am–12pm
Online + FAB 1.16, Warwick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H3...
A fantastic thesis - on self-worth in the taxi trade and platformisation creatively using, amongst many theoretical resources, pragmatic sociology - and a pleasure to examine it with Karen.
Grateful to my examiners, @karengregory.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social, for an extremely pleasant and insightful conversation about my work, and for the care and attention they gave to it. It was delightful to to be able to think together with them.
March 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A fantastic thesis - on self-worth in the taxi trade and platformisation creatively using, amongst many theoretical resources, pragmatic sociology - and a pleasure to examine it with Karen.
Commercial enclosure of scholarly resources through IP control and platformisation are reason enough to support community-led open access book alternatives such as @openbookcollective.bsky.social to protect the future of the scholarly record and knowledge production.
Okay this is worse than I thought. A large # of academic press books (incld. a textbook I use in class) have been moved to a platform called Ebook Central. It's like Kindle paired w/ AI. No footnotes. No page #s No facsimile PDFs are available. I just wrote a lengthy complaint to my library. Sigh.
AI rant of the day. My library is using a new ebook platform for Leon Litwack's book "Trouble in Mind." You can no longer see page numbers or footnotes. And there is a running AI summary of the book next to the text. It's USELESS now.
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Commercial enclosure of scholarly resources through IP control and platformisation are reason enough to support community-led open access book alternatives such as @openbookcollective.bsky.social to protect the future of the scholarly record and knowledge production.