Public Values in a Connective World is a study book by Jose van Dijck, Thomas Poell and Martijn de Waal about the impact of platforms on society. The book analyzes the rise of platform society and examines the role of public values within this new digital infrastructure.
This work discusses the effects of platforms on various sectors: news, urban transport, health and education. It reveals how platforms change markets, labor relations and democratic processes and raises questions about responsibility and public values such as privacy, fairness and accountability.
Features
- Author: Jose van Dijck, Thomas Poell, Martijn de Waal
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication date: 29 November 2018
- Pages: 240
- ISBN: 9780190889777
- Theme: Impact of science and technology on society
- BISAC: Social Science / Media Studies
About the authors
Jose van Dijck is Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University and former president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Poell is a Senior Lecturer in New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Martijn de Waal is a Lecturer with the Play & Civic Media research group at the University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam.