Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	Stefano
	Algorithms of Resistance
	Agency across Gig Work, Culture, and Politics
	Outline of the Book
	A Note on Methodology and Positionality
1. Living With Algorithms: Power, Agency, Resistance
	Introduction
	Platform Power and Its Limitations
	Algorithmic Agency
	Algorithmic Resistance
	Resisting “to” or Resisting “through” Algorithms?
	Everyday Forms of Algorithmic Resistance
2. The Moral Economy of Algorithmic Agency
	Introduction
	The Making of the Moral Economy
	The Competing Moral Economies of Algorithmic Agency
	Strategic versus Tactical Algorithmic Agency
	Four Manifestations of Algorithmic Agency
	It Takes Two to Tango: Fragile Alliances between Humans and Algorithms
	Rethinking Debates about Algorithmic Power
3. Gaming The Boss
	Ankush—Delhi
	Introduction
	Online Food Delivery Platform Power
	Gig Workers Strike Back: Resisting Platform Power
	Everyday Algorithmic Alliances and Resistance among Food Delivery Couriers and Drivers
	Private Online Groups Afford Learning, Resistance, and Solidarity
	Two Competing Moral Economies
	Beyond Algorithmic Resistance: Emerging Alternatives to Commercial Platforms
4. Gaming Culture
	Introduction
	The Platformization of Cultural Industries
	Platformized Cultural Work: Precariously Seeking . . . ​Visibility
	Gaming Practices Are Everywhere
	Gaming Instagram: Among Instagram Engagement Groups
	A “Life Belt in the Sea”: The Moral Economy of Pods
	Entrepreneurial Solidarity under Construction
5. Gaming Politics
	Introduction
	The Emergence of Algorithmic Politics
	Institutional and Strategic Algorithmic Politics
	Contentious and Tactical Algorithmic Politics (Algorithmic Activism)
	A Taxonomy of Algorithmic Politics
	Algorithmic Amplification and the Moral Economy of Algorithmic Activism
	Algorithmic Evasion
	Algorithmic Hijacking
	Beyond Hashtag Activism: Final Reflections and Key Takeaways
6. Frontiers of Resistance In The Automated Society
	Introduction
	Conclusion: The Making of the Platform Working Class
Appendix: Research Methods
	Gaming the Boss
	Gaming Culture
	Gaming Politics
	Digital, Algorithmic, or Hybrid Ethnography?
	WhatsApp and the Power of Screenshots
	Desk Research and Other Data
Notes
	Introduction
	Chapter 1
	Chapter 2
	Chapter 3
	Chapter 4
	Chapter 5
	Chapter 6
	Appendix
Index