Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Preface
7 Figures
8 Tables
9 1 The End of the Libertarian Internet Revisiting the Californian Ideology The Three Is: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions Framing the Internet and Digital Platforms Free Minds and Free Markets The New Economy Freedom and Government The Open Internet and Romanticism Openness as Public Policy: Safe Harbour and the Communications Decency Act 1996 The Changing Internet Landscape From Innovation to Monopoly: The End of the Fifth Long Wave Platformization of the Internet Digital Platforms as Media Companies? Digital Platforms and Populist Politics Renewed Regulatory Activism Conclusion Notes
10 2 The Platformization of Communications Media The Platformized Internet What Is a Platform? The Evolution of Digital Platforms Types of Digital Platforms and Digital Platform Companies Platform Economics and Multisided Markets Platforms and Infrastructures Conclusion
11 3 Issues of Concern Introduction: Beyond the Techlash Privacy and Security Data Algorithms Disinformation and Fake News Hate Speech and Online Abuse Impact on Media and Creative Industries Information Monopolies Conclusion Notes
12 4 Digital Platforms and Communications Policy Introduction Law, Policy, and Regulation: Three Frames of Communications Policy National Communications Policy in the Twentieth Century The Three Is of Communication Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests Institutions and the New Institutionalism Ideas and Communication Policy Interests and Public Policy: Pluralist, Elite, and Class Perspectives The Three Is in Action: Communications Policy in the Age of the Internet Conclusion Notes
13 5 Platform Regulation and Governance Introduction: The Shifting Shape of Platform Governance The Governance Revolution The Platform Governance Triangle Regulatory Case Studies NetzDG Law (Germany) General Data Protection Regulation (European Union) News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code (Australia) The Facebook Oversight Board (Global) The Christchurch Call (New Zealand/International) Contract for the Web (Global) Classifying Regulatory Responses to Digital Platform Power Platform Governance or Platform Regulation? Conclusion Notes
