Platforms are instrumental in mediating a wide range of phenomena, including social interaction, economic transactions, resource access, information circulation, cultural experiences, and more. Their ubiquity in everyday life is documented in concepts of platformization and platform capitalism and an emerging discipline of platform studies. This course explores the metaphors, histories, logics, and materialities of platforms. Through lenses of media studies, political economy, and anthropology, students investigate the implications of platforms in contemporary life.
Media, Culture & Communication (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2024)
MCC-UE 1039-000 (14064)09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by