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platformization

platformization noun: the increasing domination of the Internet by a number of large companies whose products function as markets for content.

Noun

platformization (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) The increasing domination of the Internet by a number of large companies whose products function as markets for content.
    • For [Anne] Helmond, the platformization of the web is a process whereby social media platforms[…]extend their tentacles into the rest of the web, following users in their browsing activities, using API plugins to permit Facebook commentary on far-flung websites, allowing Facebook the ability to...2019, Marc Steinberg, The Platform Economy: How Japan Transformed the Consumer Internet, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN
    • For Miguel Ardanuy, a former participation coordinator of Podemos, the ultimate aim of this “platformisation of the party” is to “construct a different model of party, a party more open and responsive to society, where you do not need a membership card in order to participate”.2019 February 13, Paolo Gerbaudo, “One person, one click: is this how to save democracy?”, in The Guardian
  2. (Internet) Conversion into a self-contained platform.
    • These developments are framed conceptually by the distinctions between platforms and portals and, in turn, the processes of platformization and portalization.2021, Paul McDonald, Courtney Brannon Donoghue, Timothy Havens, Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines, page 148

Forms of platformization

alternative formplatformisation

Origin of platformization

From platform + -ization.

Questions about platformization

What does platformization mean?
Platformization means the increasing domination of the Internet by a number of large companies whose products function as markets for content.
What part of speech is platformization?
Platformization is a noun.

Words near platformization in the dictionary

  1. platforming
  2. platformish
  3. platformism
  4. platformist
  5. platformists
  6. platformization
  7. platformless
  8. platformlike
  9. platforms
  10. platformward
  11. platformy

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