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Perfumed platforms, or the common scents of post-Fordism.

Authors :
Ogden, Malcolm
Source :
Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies; Sep2024, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p359-377, 19p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

In this paper, I look at the relationship between human olfaction, digital platforms, and everyday media practices in contemporary capitalist contexts. In the first section, I map what I describe as interfaced anosmia, or the absence of smell from mundane media devices. This absence is especially glaring given how olfaction uniquely lends itself to certain mediated forms of affective modulation. In the second section, I look at the platformization of the luxury fragrance industry, across three sites of analysis to reveal how, despite the conditions of interfaced anosmia, smell has already been shaped on and by platforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14791420
Volume :
21
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
179435427
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2024.2376366