Behind the Search Box : Google and the Global Internet Industry / ShinJoung Yeo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeo, ShinJoung, author.

Series:

Geopolitics of information.

Illinois scholarship online.

The Geopolitics of Information Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Google (Firm).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]

Summary:

Once seen as a harbinger of a new enlightened capitalism, Google has become a model of robber baron rapaciousness thanks to its ruthless monetising of private data, obsession with monopoly, and pervasive systems of labour discrimination and exploitation. Using the company as a jumping-off point, ShinJoung Yeo explores the political economy of the search engine industry against the backdrop of the relationship between information and capitalism's developmental processes. Yeo's critical analysis draws on in-depth discussions of essential issues like how the search engine evolved into a ubiquitous commercial service, it's place in a global information business that is restructuring the information industry and our very social lives, who exactly designs and uses search technology, what kinds of workers labour behind the scenes, and the influence of geopolitics.

Contents:

Intro

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Searching for Profits

2. Situating Search

3. Laboring Behind Search

4. Digital Welfare Capitalism

5. Market Dynamics and Geopolitics

Conclusion

Notes

Index

About the Author

Back Cover

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 10, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252054174

0252054172

OCLC:

1373344451