LEADER 05246nam 2200481 450 001 9910824264503321 005 20230629224729.0 010 $a90-04-46614-2 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004466142 035 $a(CKB)4940000000610686 035 $z(OCoLC)1246622945 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004466142 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6717736 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6717736 035 $a(OCoLC)1261773771 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000610686 100 $a20220609d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrom online platforms to digital monopolies $etechnology, information and power /$fby Jonas C. L. Valente 210 1$aLeiden, The Netherlands ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aNew scholarship in political economy ;$vVolume 10 311 $a90-04-46601-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments?? -- List of Figures and Tables?? -- Introduction?? -- 1?? About Technology?? -- 1 Artefact and Technological Systems -- 2 Developing Artefacts and Technological Systems -- 3 Society and Technology -- 4 Technology and Society -- 5 Summary: The Technological Regulation Approach -- 6 Values Base to Analyse Technology under Capitalism -- 2?? Technology and Capitalist Development?? -- 1 Technology and the Economic Sphere -- 2 Technology and the Political-Institutional Sphere -- 3 Technology and the Cultural Sphere -- 3?? Information and Communication Technologies and Neoliberalism?? -- 1 Context: The 1970s Crisis, Neoliberalism and ICT S -- 2 Technology and the Economic Sphere: ICT S and Their Impacts on the Economy -- 3 Impacts on Labour Relations -- 4 Impacts on Competition Dynamics -- 4?? The Technological Paradigm of Information and Communications Technologies?? -- 1 Structural Technologies: The Internet -- 2 Infrastructure: High-Speed Data Networks (Broadband) -- 3 Core Input: Microprocessors -- 4 Carrier Branch: Computers -- 5 Emerging Technologies: Big Data, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence -- 5?? Digital Platforms?? -- 1 Definitions -- 2 Characteristics -- 3 Typology of Digital Platforms -- 4 Production Process and Labour Relations -- 5 Competition on Platforms -- 5.1 Business Models??? -- 5.2 Market Structure??? -- 5.3 Competitive Strategies??? -- 6 Digital Monopolies -- 7 Legislation and the Debate on Legal Regulation -- 6?? Google?? -- 1 General Technological Trajectory -- 2 Rules -- 3 Ownership, Control and Management Structure -- 4 Production Process -- 5 Competitive Performance -- 6 System Components and Technical Resources -- 6.1 Other Bets??? -- 7 Dissemination -- 8 Appropriation -- 9 Relationship with the Values Base -- 9.1 Rights Promotion and Guarantees??? -- Damages and Violation of Rights??? -- 10 The Technological System's Impact on Society -- 11 Analytical Overview: Google and the Fight For Online Information Control -- 7?? Facebook?? -- 1 General Technological Trajectory -- 2 Rules -- 3 Ownership, Control and Management Structure -- 4 Production Process -- 5 Competitive Performance -- 6 System Components and Technical Resources -- 6.1 Primary Technological System: Facebook??? -- 6.1.1 Information (Newsfeed and Timeline) -- 6.1.2 Connections (Friends, Groups, Pages and Events) -- 6.1.3 Transactions -- 6.1.4 Platform -- 6.2 Secondary Subsystems??? -- 7 Dissemination -- 8 Appropriation -- 9 Relationship with the Values Base -- 9.1 Rights, Promotion and Guarantees??? -- 9.2 Damages and Violation of Rights??? -- 10 The Technological System's Impact on Society -- 11 Analytical Overview: Facebook and the Fight for Online Information Control -- 8?? Final Considerations?? -- References?? -- Index??. 330 $aIn From Online Platforms to Digital Monopolies: Technology, Information and Power Jonas C.L. Valente discusses the rise of platforms as key players in different social activities, from economy to culture and politics. These companies have a daily presence in the lives of the majority of the world population, from social interactions to digital payments and transactions. They are gaining a central role in neoliberal capitalism, shaping contemporary sociability. The book shows how these platforms work and identifies the hidden interests behind the commercial strategies that guide the development of services offered to Internet users. It takes the specific cases of Google and Facebook and presents its historical development, illustrating how these companies turned into major players in our times. 410 0$aNew scholarship in political economy ;$vVolume 10. 606 $aInternet industry$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aInternet industry$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a338.47004678 700 $aValente$b Jonas Chagas Lu?cio$01664132 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824264503321 996 $aFrom online platforms to digital monopolies$94022003 997 $aUNINA