Bilic / Prug / Žitko The Political Economy of Digital Monopolies

Contradictions and Alternatives to Data Commodification
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1239-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten

At a time when the practices of technology companies continue to attract fierce criticism, this book asks what it actually means to hold a 'monopoly' in the tech world and how it might affect the way in which an organization operates.
Combining new and traditional Marxian perspectives, the authors offer an in-depth analysis of how these technology giants are produced, financialized, and regulated.
As technology firms continue to shape our political and socio-economic landscape, this book will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students who seek to understand the function of technological monopolies in contemporary capitalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bilic, Paško

Bilic, Pasko

Prug, Toni

Žitko, Mislav

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Paško Bilic 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.