Description: Algorithmic Desire shows that social media is a metaphor that reveals the dominant form of contemporary ideology: neoliberal capitalism. The author interprets the social media metaphor through dialectical, Marxist, and Lacanian frameworks.
Review Quotes: ". . . readers are left with more questions than answers--all speaking to the clarity and relevance of Flisfeder's arguments." --N. D. Bowman, Texas Tech University, CHOICE
"Algorithmic Desire is not theorizing some trivial TikTok influencers. The internet does not merely transport news, selfies, and emojis; it embodies a new totality. Flisfeder takes us on a voyage around his library, investigating social media as a transcending historical force. His conclusion: the revolution will not be a trending topic." --Geert Lovink, author of Sad by Design: On Platform Nihilism