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From Online Platforms to Digital Monopolies
Technology, Information and Power
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In 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 their historical development, illustrating how these companies turned into major players in our times.
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ISBN: 9781642597929
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 September 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 402
About the Author
Jonas C.L. Valente is a communications professor and an associate researcher at Communications Policy Laboratory at Communications Faculty in University of Braslia, Brazil. He has published books and papers about the Internet, media regulation, digital technologies, digital rights and free speech.
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