Power through the algorithm? Participatory web cultures and the technological unconscious

New Media and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 985-1002

  Beer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

New forms of power; Performative infrastructures; Post hegemony; Scott Lash; Social networking sites; Social participation; Technological unconscious; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349436262     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809336551     Document Type: Article

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