The Digital Economy by Tim Jordan (English) Hardcover Book

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"Tim Jordan deftly explores the workings of the trillion-dollar digital economy. He discusses the hype and significance surrounding its activities and practices in order to outline important concepts, theory, and policy questions. Rich with case studies, the book is an important reference for those getting to grips with this contemporary phenomenon"--

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Boasting trillion-dollar companies, the digital economy profits from our emotions, our relationships with each other, and the ways we interact with the world.In this timely book, Tim Jordan deftly explores the workings of the digital economy. He discusses the hype and significance surrounding its activities and practices in order to outline important concepts, theory, and policy questions. Through a variety of in-depth case studies, he examines the areas of search, social media, service providers, free economic activity, and digital gaming. Companies discussed include Google, Baidu, Uber, Bitcoin, Wikipedia, Fortnight, and World of Warcraft. Jordan argues that the digital economy is not concerned primarily with selling products, but relies instead on creating communities that can be read by software and algorithms. Profit is then extracted through targeted advertising, subscriptions, misleading 'purchases', and service relations.  The Digital Economy is an important reference for students and scholars getting to grips with this enormous contemporary phenomenon.

Author Biography

Tim Jordan is Professor of Digital Cultures at the University of Sussex

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements1 Introduction: The Meaning of the Digital Economy2 Search3 Social Media4 Taxis, Hotels and Blockchains5 Free Online Economies6 Online Games7 Profit, Labour, Production and Consumption8 Defining the Digital Economy9 Policy10 ConclusionReferencesIndex

Review

"A lively excursion across the varied terrains of the "digital economy", in which the author argues that it's not platform technologies that drive our digital searching, working, socialising and gaming, but our deep embeddedness in shared social practices, habits and collective communities."Mark Banks, University of Leicester  "Writing in a personal and lively style, Tim Jordan intelligently explores the digital economic practices that constitute search, social media, online gaming and more. Tracing the perspectives, tactics and activities of users, advertisers and platforms, he separates the hype from the reality."Thomas Poell, University of Amsterdam"a welcome addition that STS scholars may find useful for future research projects conceptualising the remaking of property regimes."LSE Review of Books  

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'A lively excursion across the varied terrains of the "digital economy", in which the author argues that it's not platform technologies that drive our digital searching, working, socialising and gaming, but our deep embeddedness in shared social practices, habits and collective communities.' Mark Banks, University of Leicester 'Writing in a personal and lively style, Tim Jordan intelligently explores the digital economic practices that constitute search, social media, online gaming and more. Tracing the perspectives, tactics and activities of users, advertisers and platforms, he separates the hype from the reality.' Thomas Poell, University of Amsterdam

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'A lively excursion across the varied terrains of the "digital economy", in which the author argues that it's not platform technologies that drive our digital searching, working, socialising and gaming, but our deep embeddedness in shared social practices, habits and collective communities.' Mark Banks, University of Leicester 'Writing in a personal and lively style, Tim Jordan intelligently explores the digital economic practices that constitute search, social media, online gaming and more. Tracing the perspectives, tactics and activities of users, advertisers and platforms, he separates the hype from the reality.' Thomas Poell, University of Amsterdam

Details ISBN1509517553 Year 2019 ISBN-10 1509517553 ISBN-13 9781509517558 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-12-06 Pages 240 Language English Imprint Polity Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 303.4833 UK Release Date 2019-12-06 AU Release Date 2019-12-06 NZ Release Date 2019-12-06 Author Tim Jordan Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Alternative 9781509517565 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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