ISBN:
9780190845131
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 423 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Digital dominance
DDC:
303.48/330973
Keywords:
Google LLC
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Amazon.com Inc.
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Facebook, Inc.
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Apple Computer Inc.
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Social Web
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Internetportal
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Marktmacht
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Big Data
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Marktstruktur
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Wettbewerbspolitik
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Kartellrecht
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USA
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Internet industry Political aspects
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Corporate power
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Information society
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Big data
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Mass media
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Big data
;
Corporate power
;
Information society
;
Internet industry
;
Mass media
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Informationsgesellschaft
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Massenmedien
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USA
Abstract:
Across the globe, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft have accumulated power in ways that existing regulatory and intellectual frameworks struggle to comprehend. A consensus is emerging that the power of these new digital monopolies is unprecedented, and that it has important implications for journalism, politics, and society.It is increasingly clear that democratic societies require new legal and conceptual tools if they are to adequately understand, and if necessary check the economic might of these companies. Equally, that we need to better comprehend the ability of such firms to control personal data and to shape the flow of news, information, and public opinion.In this volume, Martin Moore and Damian Tambini draw together the world's leading researchers to examine the digital dominance of technologies platforms and look at the evidence behind the rising tide of criticism of the tech giants. In fifteen chapters, the authors examine the economic, political, and social impacts of Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft, in order to understand the different facets of their power and how it is manifested. Digital Dominance is the first interdisciplinary volume on this topic, contributing to a conversation which is critical to maintaining the health of democracies across the world.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half title -- Digital Dominance -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Section 1: Economy -- 1. The Evolution of Digital Dominance: How and Why We Got to GAFA -- 2. Platform Dominance: The Shortcomings of Antitrust Policy -- 3. When Data Evolves into Market Power-Data Concentration and Data Abuse under Competition Law -- 4. Amazon-An Infrastructure Service and Its Challenge to Current Antitrust Law -- Section 2: Society -- 5. Platform Reliance, Information Intermediaries, and News Diversity: A Look at the Evidence -- 6. Challenging Diversity-Social Media Platforms and a New Conception of Media Diversity -- 7. The Power of Providence: The Role of Platforms in Leveraging the Legibility of Users to Accentuate Inequality -- 8. Digital Agenda Setting: Reexamining the Role of Platform Monopolies -- 9. Free Expression? Dominant Information Intermediaries as Arbiters of Internet Speech -- 10. The Dependent Press: How Silicon Valley Threatens Independent Journalism -- Section 3: Politics -- 11. Social Media Power and Election Legitimacy -- 12. Manipulating Minds: The Power of Search Engines to Influence Votes and Opinions -- 13. I Vote For-How Search Informs Our Choice of Candidate -- 14. Social Dynamics in the Age of Credulity: The Misinformation Risk and Its Fallout -- 15. Platform Power and Responsibility in the Attention Economy -- Conclusion: Dominance, the Citizen Interest and the Consumer Interest -- Index
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