How might a single tap for food delivery reshape riders’ pay, schedules, and broader labor rights?
Is renting out your spare room an act of local community building—or a corporate transaction?
When apps track your location, are you trading essential data for convenience, or losing autonomy?
Can communities build their own ethical platforms—or do corporate giants make that utopia impossible?
Platforms have become the new powerhouses of society — shaping how we work, communicate, and even think.
The Politics of Platformization, written by Gianmarco Cristofari and published by CAPSLOCK Publishing, peels back the layers of hype and techno-solutionism to reveal the complex, often invisible struggles unfolding behind our screens. This provocative collection brings together leading thinkers and bold new voices to explore how platforms rewire politics, labor, and life itself — and what it means for democracy in the age of data.
