Understanding Digital Culture Through the Cultural Stack, (Paperback)

The vast acceleration of digital infrastructure has fundamentally reshaped human culture, sociality, and subjectivity. As these technologies become increasingly embedded in everyday life, there is a pressing need for research that critically examines digital culture as a stratified and interconnected system. Digital platforms, algorithmic governance, and networked infrastructures influence not only how information circulates but also how identities, relationships, and forms of participation are structured. To merely observe these changes is insufficient; a critical framework is required that can account for the interconnected dependencies, inequalities, and power dynamics that span these complex technological and social systems. Understanding Digital Culture Through the Cultural Stack proposes the Cultural Stack as an essential analytical tool for examining digital culture. Drawing inspiration from models of infrastructural layering, the framework conceptualizes digital culture as a complex, multi-layered system composed of interdependent dimensions of territory, governance, interface, software, and human experience, each shaping and influencing the others rather than existing as isolated components. Covering topics such as anthropomorphism, perceptions of luxury, and digital solidarity, this book is a fundamental academic resource for graduate and doctoral students, educators and curriculum designers, technologist, policymakers, and more.

• Understanding Digital Culture Through the Cultural Stack, (Paperback)
• Author: Chokchai Yuenyong
• ISBN: 9798337377780
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-11-03
• Page Count: 0