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The digital economy / Tim Jordan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Medford, Massachusetts : Polity Press, 2020Description: vii, 192 pages : 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509517565
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Digital economy.DDC classification:
  • 303.4833 J761d 23
LOC classification:
  • HC79.I55 J65 2020
Contents:
The meaning of the digital economy -- Search and advertise -- Social media: the industry of beauty, wonder and grief -- Taxis, beds, blockchains and disintermediation -- Free stuff: economic practices without profit -- Warhammer, warcraft, jus plain war: online games and digital economic practices -- What we think we know about the digital economy: profit, labour, production and consumption -- The digital economy -- Principles for digital economic policy -- Digital economic practices and the economy.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The meaning of the digital economy -- Search and advertise -- Social media: the industry of beauty, wonder and grief -- Taxis, beds, blockchains and disintermediation -- Free stuff: economic practices without profit -- Warhammer, warcraft, jus plain war: online games and digital economic practices -- What we think we know about the digital economy: profit, labour, production and consumption -- The digital economy -- Principles for digital economic policy -- Digital economic practices and the economy.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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