{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/662689795dd0140012bec35b/66b37f9f129e9b2ef69553b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Paul Geyer: What insights does \"Watchdogs 2\" offer into social media, data and democracy?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/662689795dd0140012bec35b/1723039616127-20ae8e72-d90c-4ce7-b0fb-f58631f2478c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What role does social media play in our lives? Is there life after data?&nbsp;And what does the future look like in a world where privacy is a luxury?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we welcome Paul Geyer, PGR at the University of Leeds, political theorist and five-a-side football star. We talk to Paul about <em>Watchdogs 2</em> to discuss what happens to social media after data, neofeudalism and the challenges of privacy.</p><p><br></p><p>Works mentioned:</p><ul><li>Arditi, D., 2023.&nbsp;Digital feudalism: Creators, credit, consumption, and capitalism. Emerald Publishing Limited: Bingley &nbsp;</li><li>Soares, Ian Varela, Masaru Yarime, and Magdalena Klemun. \"Balancing the trade-off between data center development and its environmental impacts: A comparative analysis of Data Center Policymaking in Singapore, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, USA, and the UK.\"&nbsp;Environmental Science &amp; Policy&nbsp;157 (2024): 103769. &nbsp;</li><li>Srnicek, N., 2017.&nbsp;Platform capitalism. Polity Press: Cambridge.&nbsp;</li><li>Unterberger, K. and Fuchs, C., 2021.&nbsp;The public service media and public service internet manifesto&nbsp;(p. 135). University of Westminster Press.&nbsp;</li><li>Varoufakis, Y. 2023. <em>Technofeudalism</em>: <em>What Killed Capitalism</em>. Random House: London. &nbsp;</li><li>Zuboff, S., 2019, January. Surveillance capitalism and the challenge of collective action. In&nbsp;New labor forum&nbsp;(Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 10-29). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Find Paul here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/pgr/1383/paul-geyer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/pgr/1383/paul-geyer</a></li><li>Geyer, P. 2024. An Uncritiqued Frontier of Social Media: The Social Media Subscription Model. In tripleC: Communication, capitalism &amp; critique (Vol. 22, No. 1, pp.44-58).</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Write to us! - levellerpodcast@gmail.com</p><p>Avatars by MostlyPixels /&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.lunaii-dollmaker.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lunaii</a> @ https://www.avatarsinpixels.com/</p>","author_name":"Emma and Adam"}