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Platformisation

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  • Poell, Thomas
  • Nieborg, David
  • van Dijck, José

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This article contextualises, defines, and operationalises the concept of platformisation. Drawing insights from different scholarly perspectives on platforms—software studies, critical political economy, business studies, and cultural studies—it develops a comprehensive approach to this process. Platformisation is defined as the penetration of infrastructures, economic processes and governmental frameworks of digital platforms in different economic sectors and spheres of life, as well as the reorganisation of cultural practices and imaginations around these platforms. Using app stores as an example, we show how this definition can be employed in research.

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  • Poell, Thomas & Nieborg, David & van Dijck, José, 2019. "Platformisation," Internet Policy Review: Journal on Internet Regulation, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, vol. 8(4), pages 1-13.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:iprjir:214087
    DOI: 10.14763/2019.4.1425
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