PLATFORM PEDAGOGIES

Interface studies, software studies, platform studies, political economy, design and user experience are all distinct academic traditions that lay claim to explaining platforms as a new "field". We have brought together readings and scholars with expertise in data, health, education, cultural studies and gaming as a way of bringing different and competing theoretical perspectives to bear on the platform as an analytic phenomenon... In recent years, the concept of a platform has gained traction as a way of explaining new kinds of economic, social and civic structure. Originally used to describe a specific interface or website, the idea of a platform has come to stand for the ways that digital services and online participation operate through an integrated.