Digital Platforms, Imperialism and Political Culture

ISBN-13: 9781138097537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 194 str.

Dal Yong Jin

Opis

This book contributes to the platform imperialism discourse by mapping out several core areas of platform imperialism, such as intellectual property, the global digital divide, and free labor, focusing on the role of the nation-state alongside transnational capital.

Spis treści

Preface  Part 1: Imperialism is Back  1. Platform Technologies and Political Culture  2. The Evolution of Imperialism　in the 21st Century  Part 2: Platform Politics  3. Construction of Platform Imperialism  4. Platform Politics in Nation-States  5. Intellectual Properties in the Digital Economy  Part 3: Political Economy of Platform Technologies  6. User Commodities as Free Labor in the Social Media Era  7. Challenge to the Global Digital Divide  8. The Future of Platforms

O autorze

Dal Yong Jin is Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada