A Technofeminist Approach to Platform Rhetorics

Bridget Gelms and Dustin Edwards

Platform economy. Platform capitalism. Platform society. The rise of the platform—as a bundled term that describes an economic model, a set of computational procedures, and a semi-public space from which to write and engage—has reconfigured the conditions of the web. Read more.

Introduction

We lay out our argument and the approach that guides this webtext.

Engaging Platforms through Technofeminism

We describe how rhetorics of platforms can be researched through a technofeminist lens.

Tenets

We pursue five tenets for studying platforms from a technofeminist perspective: social inequalities, labor, material infrastructures, networks of support, and lived experiences.

Conclusion

We recap our approach and suggest ways scholars might adapt our framework for new research questions.

References

We cite the material we've drawn upon in this webtext.

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