01886nam 2200409 450 991081120970332120200520144314.01-78680-451-4(CKB)4100000008045272(MiAaPQ)EBC5760910(Au-PeEL)EBL5760910(OCoLC)1099434697(BIP)066107092(EXLCZ)99410000000804527220190515d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSad by design on platform nihilism /Geert LovinkLondon :Pluto Press,[2019]20191 online resource (193 pages)0-7453-3935-2 Sadness is now a design problem. The highs and lows of melancholy are coded into social media platforms. After all the clicking, browsing, swiping and liking, all we are left with is the flat and empty aftermath of time lost to the app. 'Sad by Design' offers a critical analysis of the growing social media controversies such as fake news, toxic viral memes and online addiction. The failed search for a grand design has resulted in depoliticised Internet studies unable to generate either radical critique or a search for alternatives. Geert Lovink calls for us to embrace the engineered intimacy of social media, messenger apps and selfies, because boredom is the first stage of overcoming 'platform nihilism'. Then, after the haze, we can organise to disrupt the data extraction industries at their core.Social mediaHistorySocial mediaHistory.302.231Lovink Geert451027MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811209703321Sad by design3965032UNINA