The widespread uptake of digital platforms–from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and
TikTok–is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways …

Spatial computing–that is, a form of human–computer interaction that retains or manipulates
referents of real object and spaces–is an increasingly intense focus for Meta. In 2018, Meta …

How does platformization work as vehicle for the integration of public online education into a
private global digital infrastructure? And how can education technologies ('edtech') be …

Building on the notion of corporate financialization, this article analyzes the financial
dynamics of the world's largest digital platforms over the period 2000–2020: Alibaba …

Critical scholars contend that 'There is no AI without Big Tech'. This study delves into the
substantial role played by major technology conglomerates, including Amazon, Microsoft …

Social media platforms' digital advertising revenues depend considerably on partnerships.
Business partnerships are endemic and essential to the business of platforms, yet their role …

A few months into the pandemic, Naomi Klein (2020) noted how a tech-driven 'Pandemic
Shock Doctrine'was shaping up under conditions of lockdown and social distancing. In the …

Researchers, policymakers, and competition and regulation authorities worldwide recognize
the utility of application programming interfaces (APIs) in powering the digital economy and …

Abstract Building on Schumpeter Mark I and Mark II, I propose an additional pattern of
innovation and technological regime called the intellectual monopoly (IM) to explain the co …

We investigate in this article how repository platforms change the sharing and preservation
of digital objects in academic libraries. We use evidence drawn from semi-structured …