This article delves into the symbolic dimension of book publishing by posing the question of how publishers produce narratives and meaning on their work. Given the scarcity of data on the sector, scholarly studies heavily rely on the accounts of publishers, leading to the need to pose methodological questions. The study suggests that interviews are narratives in them selves, rich in data to be studied through textual analysis, and it examines interviews with publishers with variables focused on their content and form while developing the notion of publishing outlooks to detect how the publishing landscape and the roles of pub lishers are defined.
This article aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the reasoning behind the current US right-wing movement's articulated politics of search engines. The aim is pursued through the prism of metapolitics, understood as a culture war focused on formulating and establishing dominant societal norms and values. Methodologically, the study uses qualitative content analysis to examine how Google Search was discussed in US right-wing online media outlets from 2020 to 2024. The analysis reveals an ongoing ideological struggle over who defines relevance, neutrality, and truth in the digital information landscape. Presented as a defense of free speech and neutrality, this critique operates as a form of metapolitics aimed at reshaping the normative assumptions embedded in search engine functionality. The analysis demonstrates that search engines, far from being neutral intermediaries, are sites of political tension where ideological boundaries are negotiated.
