Title Internet oligopoly : the corporate takeover of our digital world / by Nikos Smyrnaios.

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Description	1 online resource (xv, 174 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Digital activism and society
	Digital activism and society.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-163) and index.
Summary	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.
Contents	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.
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Subject	Information technology -- Economic aspects.
	Information technology -- Economic aspects.
	Internet -- Political aspects.
	Internet -- Political aspects.
	Corporate power.
	Corporate power.
	Information society.
	Information society.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	Gafam contre l'Internet. English
Other Form:	Print version: Smyrnaios, Nikos. GAFAM contre l'Internet. English. Internet oligopoly. Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2018 1787692000 (OCoLC)1043431099
ISBN	9781787691971 (electronic book)
	1787691977 (electronic book)
	9781787691995 (electronic book)
	1787691993 (electronic book)
	9781787692008
	1787692000