Contents
Introduction
A. Welcome to the App Store
App Annie—Patrick Vonderau: App Industry Rankings and Infrastructure
Ashley Madison—Ben Light: An Introduction to the Walkthrough Method
Tencent MyApp (Yingyong Bao)—Luzhou Nina Li: Android App Stores and the Appification of Everything
Exodus International—Tarleton Gillespie: Banned Apps, App Stores, and the Politics of Visibility
B. Productivity/Utilities
TaskRabbit—Sarah Sharma: The Gig Economy and Finding Time to Care Less
Carrot—Sarah Murray: Productivity Apps and the Gamification of Shame
See Send—Greg Elmer and Bahar Nasirzadeh: Antiterrorism Apps and Suspicious Activity Reporting
Is It Tuesday?—Jeremy Morris: Novelty Apps and Digital Solutionism
C. Health/Fitness
LoseIt!—Natasha Schüll: Calorie Tracking and the Discipline of Consumption
Fitbit—Kate O’Riordan: Wearable Technologies and Material Communication Practices
D. Lifestyle/Relationships
Tinder—Stefanie Duguay: Swiped: A Focal Gesture and Contested App Visions
Hollaback!—Carrie Rentschler: Harassment Prevention Apps and Networked Witnessing
The Sex Offender Tracker App—Sharif Mowlabocus: Tracker Apps and the Individualization of Risk
Companion—Elizabeth Ellcessor: Personal Safety and Surveillance Apps
E. Social Networking/Communication
Yik Yak—Tamara Shepherd and Christopher Cwynar: From Anonymity to Identification
WeChat—Finn Brunton: Messaging Apps and New Social Currency Transaction Tools
Snapchat—Jill Walker Rettberg: Phatic Communication and Ephemeral Social Media
Foursquare—Germaine Halegoua: Checking In and Checking Out of Location-Aware Social Media
WhatsApp—Radhika Gajjala and Tarishi Verma: WhatsAppified Diasporas and Transnational Circuits of Affect and Relationality
F. News/Entertainment
This. Reader—Devon Powers: Trending Topics and the Curation of Information
Periscope—Megan Sapnar Ankerson: The Periscopic Regime of Live-Streaming
Tubi TV—Gerard Goggin: Free, Mobile, Moving Images: TV Everywhere
Hillary 2016—Fenwick McKelvey: Appified Politics in Campaign Apps
G. Music/Sound
Shazam—Elena Razlogova: The Blind Spots of Algorithmic Music Recognition and Recommendation
iMaschine 2—Victoria Simon: Music-Making Apps and Interface Aesthetics
Here: Active Listening System—Mack Hagood: Sound Technologies and the Personalization of Listening
H. Casual/Games
RuPaul’s Drag Race Keyboard—Kate Miltner: Affect and Resistance through Visual Communication
DraftKings—Jason Kido Lopez: Daily Fantasy Sports Leagues, Legality, and Shifting Mobile Spaces
Kendall & Kylie—Jessalynn Keller and Alison Harvey: Girl Affects, Celebrity, and Digital Gaming in Millennial Culture
Neko Atsume—Shira Chess: Affective Play and Mobile Casual Gaming
References
Contributors
Index