Internet oligopoly : the corporate takeover of our digital world / by Nikos Smyrnaios, Université de Toulouse, France ; translated by Cynthia J. Johnson.

• Introduction -- 1. The Commodification of the Internet -- 2. The Privatisation of the Internet -- 3. The Conditions Leading to the Emergence of the Internet Oligopoly -- 4. The Oligopoly's Strategies for Integration and Infomediation -- 5. The Advertising Dominance of the Internet -- Conclusion.

• Drawing on a historical and political economy analysis, this book provides insight on how, under neoliberal hegemony, the internet was transformed from an emancipatory project for humanity to the final frontier of unrestrained capitalism. 

Ämnesord

Informationssamhället  (sao)

Corporate power.  (LCSH)

Information society.  (LCSH)

Information technology  -- Economic aspects. (LCSH)

Internet  -- Political aspects. (LCSH)

Corporate power.  (fast)

Information society.  (fast)

Information technology  -- Economic aspects. (fast)

Digital electronics  -- Social aspects. (fast)

Technological innovations  -- Social aspects. (fast)

Digitalteknik  -- sociala aspekter (sao)

Tekniska innovationer  -- sociala aspekter (sao)

Informationsteknik  -- ekonomiska aspekter (sao)

Internet  -- politiska aspekter (sao)

Information society  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HC79.I55 (LCC)

HM851 (LCC)

303.48/33 (DDC)

Oab (kssb/8 (machine generated))