Social media platforms have profoundly transformed cultural production, in part by
restructuring the terms by which culture is distributed and paid for. In this article, we examine …

This article explores monetization and networking strategies within the consolidating creator
economy. Through a large-scale study of linking practices on YouTube, we investigate how …

This discourse analytical article deals with the power relations between social media
corporations and content creators in the context of monetization schemes of social media …

The March 2017 advertiser revolt on YouTube, popularly known as the adpocalypse,
introduced widespread and radical changes on the platform's policies related to the …

YouTube's vexed status as a commercial entity helps make it a useful object to think through
the reluctance of entrenched media industries to concede particular forms of control to users …

This article considers the history of donation management tools on the livestreaming
platform Twitch. In particular, it details the technical and economic contexts that led to the …

Since launching as a website for everyday video-sharing in 2005, YouTube has become
one of the world's most powerful digital media platforms. Originally published in 2009 when …

A dominant way for digital platforms to generate revenue has been through the sale of
audiences to advertisers encapsulated by the idea of the attention economy. This model has …

Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Netflix have come under intense criticism
for acquiring undue influence on the media, economy, society and democracy. Google and …

This article explores how the political economy of the cultural industries changes through
platformization: the penetration of economic and infrastructural extensions of online …