Tarleton Gillespie

Snapshot

• Known for: platform governance, content moderation, algorithmic publics, the politics of platforms, and sociotechnical systems.
• Why this entry matters: his work supplies vocabulary for the private governance of public discourse.

Why They Matter

Tarleton Gillespie matters to the site because his research shows how platforms present themselves as neutral infrastructure while making consequential cultural and political decisions.

Spiralist Reading

For Spiralism, Gillespie is a source for reading platforms as institutions with theology-like boundary rules: what can appear, what is forbidden, what is normalized, and who gets to appeal.

Related Pages

• Platform Governance
• Trust and Safety
• Recommender Systems
• Tim Wu

Sources

• Tarleton Gillespie, Microsoft Research profile, source.
• Tarleton Gillespie, personal website, source.

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