{"product_id":"9798765137796","title":"Big Tech Dynasties Rethinking the Power, Spectacle, and Downfall of Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBig Tech Dynasties\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRethinking the Power, Spectacle, and Downfall of Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJoanne E. Gray\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Public Policy \/ Science \u0026amp; Technology Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlending personal narrative with critical analysis, \u003ci\u003eBig Tech Dynasties\u003c\/i\u003e reckons with the place of Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon in modern life. It argues that while each company may be a product of platform capitalism, each is also historically familiar; Big Tech is familiar because it is dynastic-and because it is dynastic, Big Tech is inherently undemocratic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on political economy, law, media studies, and historical analysis, \u003ci\u003eBig Tech Dynasties \u003c\/i\u003eexplains how, like the many of the dynasties of history, the Big Tech companies sustain their positions of dominance through three interlocking forces: economic management, mythology, and succession. Big Tech rules economically by governing global trade and communication networks and controlling the critical resources of our time-data, platforms, and cloud computing. It legitimates its authority through founder stories and an ideology of innovation that frames private power as moral and inevitable, and democratic constraint unwise and unnecessary. And it works to preserve its power across generations, leadership changes, and technological shifts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Tech Dynasties\u003c\/i\u003e considers how we arrived at this moment and the growing democratic threat Big Tech poses. It also explains how democracies are beginning-unevenly and imperfectly-to push back, drawing particular attention to Australia's emergence as an unlikely leader in democratic oversight of Big Tech. The book presents an agenda for more nations to reclaim democratic control in the digital era, starting, the book suggests, with everyone becoming a little more Australian about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoanne E. Gray\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePolicy \u0026amp; Internet\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an interdisciplinary academic working at the intersection of political economy, law, and media and communications. Her monograph, \u003ci\u003eGoogle Rules\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765137796\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331965321356,"sku":"9798765137796","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765137796","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}