The Platformization of the Web: Making Web Data Platform Ready

In this article, I inquire into Facebook’s development as a platform by situating it within the transformation of social network sites into social media platforms. I explore this shift with a historical perspective on, what I refer to as, platformization, or the rise of the platform as the dominant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anne Helmond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-09-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115603080