🚨Very excited to see my paper 'Commodification and Disruption. Theorizing Digital Capitalism' published in the new, interdisciplinary, and open-access Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (@JWI_Berlin)!

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Commodification and Disruption: Theorizing Digital Capitalism | Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society

Short version: When talking about digitalization, we cannot be silent about capitalism. But when talking about capitalism, we can also not be silent about digitalization. I suggest some concepts for how to think about the enablers, dynamics, and challenges of digital capitalism.
The paper is a summary of my current thinking on digitalization and something like a literature review with theoretical intent. It might be particularly useful if you want to get a short but theory-rich overview of current debates, be it as a researcher, teacher or practitioner.
I discovered that publishing a theoretical paper can be a difficult exercise. This is why I would be all the more happy if reading this helps you (and your students) better understand the current moment. If so, but also if not, feel free to send me an email. I'd be very curious!