Google Capitalism
This paper analyzes Google’s political economy. In section 2, Google’s cycle of capital accumulation is explained and the role of surveillance in Google’s form of capital accumulation is explained. In section 3, the discussion if Google is “evil” is taken up. Based on Dallas Smythe’s concept of the...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2012-01-01
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| description | This paper analyzes Google’s political economy. In section 2, Google’s cycle of capital accumulation is explained and the role of surveillance in Google’s form of capital accumulation is explained. In section 3, the discussion if Google is “evil” is taken up. Based on Dallas Smythe’s concept of the audience commodity, the role of the notion of Internet prosumer commodification is stressed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-605e1a0ae27749038d56b45db41df3ef2023-09-02T12:19:39ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2012-01-01101424810.31269/triplec.v10i1.304304Google CapitalismChristian Fuchs0Uppsala University, Department of Informatics and MediaThis paper analyzes Google’s political economy. In section 2, Google’s cycle of capital accumulation is explained and the role of surveillance in Google’s form of capital accumulation is explained. In section 3, the discussion if Google is “evil” is taken up. Based on Dallas Smythe’s concept of the audience commodity, the role of the notion of Internet prosumer commodification is stressed.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/304 |
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