Big Tech Dynasties
Rethinking the Place and Power of Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta in the Digital Era
Joanne E. Gray(Author)
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 4. February 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
979-8-7651-3778-9 (ISBN)
Description
Big Tech Dynasties is an up-to-date review of the business practices, strategies, and investments of the five American Big Tech companies - Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Meta - providing a clear mapping of the sociolegal and political environments in which they exist.
This book focuses on the economic systems, structures, contexts, and vulnerabilities of the big five US technology companies to determine whether they have become so powerful that they compete only amongst themselves with the potential to rule over our digital and social lives for generations. It looks at the future visions of each company, as publicly stated by company executives to shareholders, media, policymakers, and other stakeholders. Ultimately, the book is a call to action for policymakers, technologists, and citizens to re-think big tech power and to work towards a more equitable and democratic future.
Combining insights from the fields of political economy, critical platform studies, and media and communications, the book offers readers a comprehensive and future-oriented perspective of the big tech economy. As public scrutiny of digital platforms continues to intensify, Big Tech Dynasties presents a timely examination of their current power dynamics and potential future impacts while demystifying complex concepts in an engaging, reader-friendly format.
This book focuses on the economic systems, structures, contexts, and vulnerabilities of the big five US technology companies to determine whether they have become so powerful that they compete only amongst themselves with the potential to rule over our digital and social lives for generations. It looks at the future visions of each company, as publicly stated by company executives to shareholders, media, policymakers, and other stakeholders. Ultimately, the book is a call to action for policymakers, technologists, and citizens to re-think big tech power and to work towards a more equitable and democratic future.
Combining insights from the fields of political economy, critical platform studies, and media and communications, the book offers readers a comprehensive and future-oriented perspective of the big tech economy. As public scrutiny of digital platforms continues to intensify, Big Tech Dynasties presents a timely examination of their current power dynamics and potential future impacts while demystifying complex concepts in an engaging, reader-friendly format.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-3778-9 (9798765137789)
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Person
Joanne E. Gray is a lecturer in Digital Cultures at the University of Sydney, Australia, Chief Investigator at the International Digital Policy Observatory, and an editor of the journal Policy & Internet. She is an interdisciplinary academic working at the intersection of political economy, law, and media and communications. Her monograph, Google Rules (2020), explains how a convergence of legal, political, and ideological conditions facilitated Google's essentially unfettered rise to power in the digital environment. She has also led studies investigating critical platform policy and governance issues on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok.
Content
1. Corporate Dynasties
2. Microsoft-A Founding Father
3. Google-Data Kings
4. Meta Platforms-The House of Zuckerberg
5. Amazon-The Great Bazaar
6. Apple-The True Believers
7. The Valley and Beyond-The Big Tech Dynasties in the Global Economy
8. Off with their Heads! The Fall of the Big Tech Dynasties?
9. Conclusion
Index
2. Microsoft-A Founding Father
3. Google-Data Kings
4. Meta Platforms-The House of Zuckerberg
5. Amazon-The Great Bazaar
6. Apple-The True Believers
7. The Valley and Beyond-The Big Tech Dynasties in the Global Economy
8. Off with their Heads! The Fall of the Big Tech Dynasties?
9. Conclusion
Index