The Political Economy of Digital Monopolies

Contradictions and Alternatives to Data Commodification

Paško Bilić, Toni Prug, Mislav Žitko (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2021
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-1237-2 (ISBN)

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As outrage over the socially damaging practices of technology companies intensifies, this book asks what it actually means to hold a 'monopoly' in the tech world and offers an in-depth analysis of how these corporate giants are produced, financialized, and regulated.

Paško Bilić is a research associate at the Institute for Development and International Relations in Zagreb. Toni Prug is an independent researcher based in Croatia. Mislav Žitko is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Zagreb.

1. Introduction: Context of Digital Monopolies
2. Production, Circulation, and the Science of Forms: Theoretical Foundations
3. Marxian Perspectives on Monopolies
4. Platforms, Advertising, and Users
5. Financialization and Regulation
6. Controlling, Processing, and Commercializing Data
7. Conclusion: Contradictions and Alternatives to Data Commodification

Erscheinungsdatum	19.07.2021
Zusatzinfo	6 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-5292-1237-5 / 1529212375
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-1237-2 / 9781529212372
Zustand	Neuware