{"product_id":"contesting-platform-power-venetia-papa-9781835492390","title":"Contesting Platform Power: The Oppositional Affordances of Data Activism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContesting Platform Power\u003c\/em\u003e explores the practices and discourses of data activists, by shifting the focus from critical digital studies to critical platform studies through the theoretical lens of affordances, to understand the material means by which activist's software and applications strives to empower users through data control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePapa critically explores the ways platform affordances, actions associated to the features of the platform which might be hidden or perceptible to the user, can create the possibilities for both action and constraint, but it ultimately rests upon users to either comply or resist. Platform affordances in this study are not to be conflated with specific features of the platform such as shares, clicks or reaction buttons, but refers the communicative practices and habits they allow or refuse to users within a technological space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn innovative contribution to the field of critical platform studies, chapters explore the theoretical underpinnings of affordances to sow the seeds for further critical analysis into the software and applications of data activists, while also suggesting a new typology that can aid researchers in identifying and analysing such practices. Featuring case studies of data activists' examples, Papa demonstrates that such efforts can be used in a tactical manner by users to counter the hegemonic power of corporate platforms and AI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Venetia Papa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835492398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835492390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emerald Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Venetia Papa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48114074517759,"sku":"9781835492390","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b159906-6849-4ffe-9033-91b8a312b2ab.jpg?v=1769618950","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contesting-platform-power-venetia-papa-9781835492390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}