The Economic Lives of Platforms: Rethinking the Political Economy of Digital Markets (First Edition)

By: Morten Axel Pedersen and Jacob Ørmen and Anne Mette Thorhauge and Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen and Eva Iris Otto

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Synopsis: This interdisciplinary collection rethinks the political economy of the digital market by asking what came before platforms and suggesting what might come after them. By unpacking the concept of ‘platform economies’ into locally embedded variations of digital markets, the book identifies what is new about contemporary platforms and what is characteristic of wider historical, social and economic currents. The diverse team of authors employ various analytical approaches, including in-depth ethnographic studies, and theoretical and analytical reconceptualizations of platforms and the industries they encompass.Tapping into current themes including the decolonisation of the internet, this book offers a timely assessment of the implications of emerging reconfigurations between technology, information, society and markets.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 198 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781529237511
Related ISBNs:: 9781529237498, 9781529237504, 9781529237528
Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Date of Addition:: 06/25/24
Copyrighted By:: Bristol University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Business and Finance, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Anne Mette Thorhauge
Edited by:: Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen
Edited by:: Eva Iris Otto
Edited by:: Jacob Ørmen
Edited by:: Morten Axel Pedersen