Regulating platforms / Terry Flew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flew, Terry, author.

Contributor:

Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund.

Series:

Digital media and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet governance.

Physical Description:

xxi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021.

Summary:

"We once thought of cyberspace as a borderless world. As the internet has become increasingly platformized, with a small number of technology giants that dominate the global digital economy, concerns about information monopolies, hateful online content, and the impact on media content creators and creative industries have become more marked. Consequently governments, politicians, and civil society are questioning how digital platforms can or should be regulated. In this up-to-the-minute study, Terry Flew engages with important questions surrounding platform regulation. Starting from the premise that governance is an inherent feature of digital platforms, he argues that the challenge is to develop the best frameworks for balancing external regulatory oversight with the internal governance practices of platform companies. The intersection of media policy, information policy, and economic policy is an important element of policy frameworks, as national authorities increasingly seek to engage with the power of global digital platforms."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The End of the Libertarian Internet

2. The Platformization of Communications Media

3. Issues of Concern

4. Digital Platforms and Communications Policy

5. Platform Regulation and Governance

6. The Chinese Internet and the Future of Global Internet Governance

7. Platform Power and the Future of Internet Policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-296) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund.

ISBN:

1509537074

9781509537075

1509537082

9781509537082

OCLC:

1244536474

Publisher Number:

99991472656