The Digital Economy

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By Tim Jordan

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In The Digital Economy, Tim Jordan explores the inner workings of the digital economy, revealing how it thrives on our emotions, relationships, and interactions. Through detailed case studies of search engines, social media, service providers, free economic activities, and digital gaming, he analyses companies like Google, Baidu, Uber, Bitcoin, Wikipedia, Fortnite, and World of Warcraft. Jordan highlights that the digital economy centres on building communities readable by algorithms, with profit generated via targeted advertising, subscriptions, deceptive purchases, and service relationships.
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This book is an essential reference for students and scholars seeking to understand the complexities and significance of the digital economy in contemporary society.

"Tim Jordan deftly explores the workings of the trillion-dollar digital economy. He discusses the hype and significance surrounding its activities and practices in order to outline important concepts, theory, and policy questions. Rich with case studies, the book is an important reference for those getting to grips with this contemporary phenomenon"--

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Boasting trillion-dollar companies, the digital economy profits from our emotions, our relationships with each other, and the ways we interact with the world.

In this timely book, Tim Jordan deftly explores the workings of the digital economy. He discusses the hype and significance surrounding its activities and practices in order to outline important concepts, theory, and policy questions. Through a variety of in-depth case studies, he examines the areas of search, social media, service providers, free economic activity, and digital gaming. Companies discussed include Google, Baidu, Uber, Bitcoin, Wikipedia, Fortnight, and World of Warcraft.

Jordan argues that the digital economy is not concerned primarily with selling products, but relies instead on creating communities that can be read by software and algorithms. Profit is then extracted through targeted advertising, subscriptions, misleading 'purchases', and service relations.

The Digital Economy is an important reference for students and scholars getting to grips with this enormous contemporary phenomenon.

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Mark Banks of the University of Leicester praises the book as a "lively excursion" through the digital economy, emphasising its focus on social practices rather than just technology. Thomas Poell from the University of Amsterdam notes Jordan’s "personal and lively style" and his clear separation of hype from reality in digital economic practices. The LSE Review of Books commends the work as a valuable resource for scholars interested in the transformation of property regimes within the digital sphere.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509517565

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 147.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Tim Jordan is Professor of Digital Cultures at the University of Sussex