Platforms as foundational infrastructures of society
* "They increasingly function as infrastructures of everyday life that organise communication, commerce, cultural production, logistics, education, and artificial intelligence itself. Platforms shape communication, consumption, labour, entertainment, and visibility through interfaces, recommendation systems, monetisation mechanisms, and moderation policies."
"Once actors become deeply integrated into platform infrastructures, switching away becomes increasingly difficult. Platforms therefore shape not only digital culture, but also the broader organisation of contemporary societies."
"Platformisation—extends platform logics far beyond social media. It reorganises sectors such as transportation, retail, entertainment, education, finance, public services, and artificial intelligence around platform infrastructures and ecosystem dependencies. They increasingly organise the conditions under which social, cultural, economic, and political life takes place. " >>
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* Platforms: A Critical Introduction, Anne Helmond, Fernando van der Vlist
https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=platforms-a-critical-introduction--9781509568109
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