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Platformized China: Research on Internet Platform Embedding in Social Governance

Platformized China: Research on Internet Platform Embedding in Social Governance

Shi, Lin

Hardcover

General Sociology

PREORDER - Expected ship date September 2, 2027

ISBN10: 1666979430
ISBN13: 9781666979435
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Sep 2 2027
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book answer why Internet platforms in China with commercial attributes were able to take part in social governance with public attributes and how. It helps reveal and understand how platformalization processes within de-westernized context.

The book lies in the background that nowadays Internet platforms are leveraging ubiquitous influence and becoming infrastructure of social life. In China, Internet platforms are widely taking part in social governance practices, through which they are becoming more and more powerful that makes the government and the ordinary increasingly dependent on them. Here comes the research question: In China, why Internet platforms with commercial attributes were able to take part in social governance with public attributes and how?

To address this question, theoretical frame from the perspective of Embeddedness theory was adopted, which suggested an investigation of the interplay and mutual shaping relationship between platform and the society. Specifically, the triangle of platforms, government and users was explored to investigate the embeddedness of Internet platforms in social governance.

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