The Economic Lives of Platforms: Rethinking the Political Economy of Digital Markets - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1529237491 ISBN 13: 9781529237498

Publisher: Bristol University Press, 2024

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.

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About the Authors

Anne Mette Thorhauge is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen.

Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen.

Eva Iris Otto is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen.

Jacob Ørmen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen.

Morten Axel Pedersen is Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Copenhagen Centre for Social Data Science (SODAS) at the University of Copenhagen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529237491
• ISBN 13: 9781529237498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198
• Editor: Mette Thorhauge Anne, Lindegaard Gregersen Andreas, Otto Eva Iris, Ørmen Jacob, Pedersen Morten Axel