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Inside the Platform Machine

Investigative and theoretical accounts of how social platforms monetize attention, suppress what they know, and reshape politics and public life.

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6 booksJune 10, 2026
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  1. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    1. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    Zuboff provides the foundational account of surveillance capitalism and explains the business incentives that drive...
    Shelf signal: Tech Industry
  2. The Chaos Machine

    2. The Chaos Machine

    The Chaos Machine offers investigative reporting on social platforms’ mechanics, harms, and journalistic attempts to...
    Shelf signal: Social Media & Online Life
  3. Winners Take All

    3. Winners Take All

    Winners Take All explains how elite-led solutions can mask structural problems and helps situate tech philanthropy and...
    Shelf signal: Philanthropy & Charity
  4. The Most Dangerous Branch

    4. The Most Dangerous Branch

    The Most Dangerous Branch contextualizes how media and legal institutions interact with platform power and the...
    Shelf signal: Courts & the Judiciary
  5. That Book Is Dangerous!

    5. That Book Is Dangerous!

    That Book Is Dangerous! examines social-media-driven censorship and cancelation debates, relevant to cultural fallout...
    Shelf signal: Language Arts
  6. Likewar

    6. Likewar

    Likewar explains how social media becomes weaponized in politics and society, illuminating the misinformation harms...
    Shelf signal: Social Media & Online Life
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