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<li>A plea to reclaim the internet from addictive
platform capitalism, from the author of <em>Sad by
Design</em></li>
<li>For everyone who wants to scrutinize their own use
of the internet and online platforms <em></em></li>
<li>From Zoom fatigue, to the NFT hype, to online cancel
culture and more</li>
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<p>Author:<strong> </strong><a
href="https://networkcultures.org/geert/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Geert Lovink<br>
</a>Design: <a href="https://irenestracuzzi.com/">Irene
Stracuzzi</a></p>
<p>April 2022, Valiz | Pb | 240 pp. | 24 x 14,5 cm (h x w)
| English | ISBN 978-94-93246-08-9 | € 25,00</p>
<p><strong>Geert Lovink</strong> is a Dutch media
theorist, internet critic and author of <em>Uncanny
Networks</em> (2002), <em>Dark Fiber </em>(2002), <em>My
First Recession</em> (2003), <em>Zero Comments </em>(2007),
<em>Networks Without a Cause</em> (2012), <em>Social
Media Abyss</em> (2016), <em>Organisation after
Social Media</em> (with Ned Rossiter, 2018) and <em>Sad
by Design </em>(2019).</p>
<p>In 2004 he founded the <a
href="https://www.networkcultures.org/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Institute of Network
Cultures</a> at the Amsterdam University of Applied
Sciences (HvA). His center organizes conferences,
publications and research networks such as Video Vortex
(online video), The Future of Art Criticism and MoneyLab
(internet-based revenue models in the arts). Recent
projects deal with digital publishing experiments,
critical meme research, participatory hybrid events and
precarity in the creative sector. In December, 2021 he
was appointed Professor of Art and Network Cultures at
the Art History Department, Faculty of Humanities of the
University of Amsterdam for one day a week.</p>
<p><strong>Press </strong></p>
<p>Click <a
href="https://newbooksnetwork.com/stuck-on-the-platform-2"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to listen to
the interview with Geert Lovink about his book by Rueben
Niewenhuis on New Books Network (13 October 2022)</p>
<p>(Only in Dutch) Click <a
href="https://www.designdigger.nl/2022/10/05/interview-internetpionier-geert-lovink-een-gereguleerd-socialemediaplatform-zou-algemeen-beschikbaar-moeten-zijn-net-als-drinkwater/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to read the
interview 'Internetpionier Geert Lovink: “Een
gereguleerd socialemediaplatform zou algemeen
beschikbaar moeten – zijn net als drinkwater"' by Jeroen
Junte on designdigger.nl (5 October 2022)</p>
<p>(Only in Dutch) Click <a
href="https://valiz.nl/images/publicaties/Stuck_on_the_Platform/Recensie_Lovink_Stuck_on_the_Platform_GONZO_sept-okt_2022-min.png"
target="_blank">here</a> to read the review of <em>Stuck
on the Platform</em> in Gonzo (circus) (Sep-Oct 2022)</p>
<p>(Only in Dutch) Click <a
href="https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/dus-internet-moet-veranderen-maar-hoe-twee-nederlandse-auteurs-hebben-daar-ideeen-over~bb65f50f/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to read the
interview with Geert Lovink about <em>Stuck on the
Platform </em>by Laurens Verhagen in de Volkskrant
(19 August 2022)</p>
<p><em>Stuck on the Platform </em><a
href="https://valiz.nl/images/publicaties/Stuck_on_the_Platform/Stuck_on_the_Platform_in_Amsterdam_Alternative_JulyAugust_2022_compressed.pdf"
target="_blank">featured</a> in Amsterdam
Alternative's Tip Top 5 (July/August 2022)</p>
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<p>We’re all trapped. No matter how hard you try to delete
apps from your phone, the power of seduction draws you
back. Doom scrolling is the new normal of a 24/7 online
life. What happens when your home office starts to feel
like a call center and you’re too fried to log out of
Facebook? We’re addicted to large-scale platforms,
unable to return to the frivolous age of decentralized
networks. How do we make sense of the rising
disaffection with the platform condition? Zoom fatigue,
cancel culture, crypto art, NFTs and psychic regression
comprise core elements of a general theory of platform
culture. Geert Lovink argues that we reclaim the
internet on our own terms.<em> Stuck on the Platform</em>
is a relapse-resistant story about the rise of platform
alternatives, built on a deep understanding of the
digital slump.</p>
<p><a
href="https://digitalcontentvalizmakingpublic.net/Stuck-on-the-Platform"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore the digital
sources mentioned in the footnotes of the book</a></p>
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