The platform society : public values in a connective world
José van Dijck (Author), Thomas Poell (Author), Martijn de Waal (Author)
Individuals all over the world can use Airbnb to rent an apartment in a foreign city, check Coursera to find a course on statistics, join PatientsLikeMe to exchange information about one's disease, hail a cab using Uber, or read the news through Facebook's Instant Articles. The promise of connective platforms is that they offer personalized services and contribute to innovation and economic growth, while bypassing cumbersome institutional or industrial overhead. In The Platform Society, Van Dijck, Poell and De Waal offer a comprehensive analysis of a connective world where platforms have penetrated the heart of societies-disrupting markets and labor relations, circumventing institutions, transforming social and civic practices and affecting democratic processes. This book questions what role online platforms play in the organization of Western societies. First, how do platform mechanisms work and to what effect are they deployed? Second, how can platforms incorporate public values and benefit the public good? -- Provided by publisher
1 online resource (x, 226 pages) ; illustrations
9780190889784, 9780190889807, 0190889780, 0190889802
1043994273
The platform society as a contested concept
Platform mechanisms
News
Urban transport
Health care and health research
Education
Governing a responsible platform society
Epilogue: The geopolitics of platform societies