Overview
- Brings together cutting-edge work on the emergence of platform economies in India
- Investigates how digital platforms embed market systems into the fabric of everyday life
- Uses rich case studies to examine platform capitalism in an Indian context
Part of the book series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series (GTMCR)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Platform Workers
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Platform Politics
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Platform Cultures
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About this book
This volume provides a critical examination of the evolution of platform economies in India. Contributions from leading media and communications scholars present case studies that illustrate the social and economic ambitions at the heart of Digital India. Across interdisciplinary domains of business, labour, politics, and culture, this book examines how digital platforms are embedding automated systems into the social fabrics of everyday life. Encouraging readers to explore the phenomenon of platformisation in context, the book uncovers the distinctive features of platform capitalism in India.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Adrian Athique is Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland, Australia. He has written and edited a substantial body of work on digital society and the media in Asia, including seven books and more than forty journal articles and chapters.
Vibodh Parthasarathi is Associate Professor at the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, India. He maintains a multidisciplinary interest in media policy, creative industries, and media history, his most recent work being the co-edited double-volume The Indian Media Economy (2018). His ongoing work explores the regulatory and commercial dynamics of digitalisation across the Indian media, including in newspapers, journalism, broadcasting, and cable distribution.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Platform Capitalism in India
Editors: Adrian Athique, Vibodh Parthasarathi
Series Title: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44563-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44562-1Published: 25 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44565-2Published: 25 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-44563-8Published: 24 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-5978
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5986
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 331
Topics: Media Policy, Culture and Technology, Digital/New Media, Asian Culture, Media and Communication