Sociological Dimensions of Platformization : Power, Culture, and Identity in the Digital Age.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Çelik, Nuriye, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hershey : IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

In the digital age, the rise of platforms like social media, streaming services, and gig economy apps reshapes how individuals interact, work, and express themselves. This process of platformization extends beyond technology, influencing everyday life by redefining power relations, cultural norms, and personal and collective identities. As platforms mediate communication, labor, and social recognition, they concentrate power in the hands of a few tech corporations, shaping visibility, value, and reward. Digital platforms can structure social behavior, reinforce or challenge existing inequalities, and influence the ways individuals construct and perform their identities in networked public spheres. Understanding these sociological dimensions is key to understanding the broader societal implications of a platform-driven world. Sociological Dimensions of Platformization: Power, Culture, and Identity in the Digital Age explores how digital platforms mediate labor, intimacy, consumption, education, surveillance, and identity. Through a combination of theoretical inquiry and empirical case studies, it examines the sociotechnical transformations reshaping contemporary societies. This book covers topics such as social media, digital identity, and artificial intelligence, and is a useful resource for business owners, media and communications professionals, sociologists, academicians, researchers, and scientists.

Contents:

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Table of Contents

Detailed Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapter 1: Digital Caste Systems

Chapter 2: The Role of Local Platforms and Non-Western Perspectives on Platformization

Chapter 3: Platformized Headlines

Chapter 4: Rethinking Social Science Epistemological Debate in the AI Era

Chapter 5: Social Media as a Field of Power, Habitus, Capital, and Intergenerational Digital Practices

Chapter 6: The Impact of Social Media Platforms on Violent Behavior

Chapter 7: The Online Activism, Digital Resistance, and Counter-Platform Practices

Chapter 8: Reproductive Autonomy in Rural India and Tier-2 Cities Amid Digital Patriarchy and Honour Policing

Chapter 9: Performing Identity of the Dead on YouTube

Chapter 10: Platformized Migration and Digital Capitalism

Chapter 11: Invisible Power in the Digital Sphere

Chapter 12: Interrogating Ndebele identity through articles about Old Bulawayo on Sunday News website

Chapter 13: Humour and Mockvertising

Chapter 14: Evaluation of People's Experiences of Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Find Solutions to Their Emotional Needs

Chapter 15: Ethical and Methodological Issues in Researching Digital Platforms

Chapter 16: Understanding the Paradox of Digital Intimacy in the Light of Ethical, Social, and Psychological Implications

Compilation of References

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-83-373-4269-6

OCLC:

1565284949