Coalitions of Socio-Technical Infrastructure: Platforms as Essential Services

IF 1.5 3区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Communication Culture & Critique Pub Date : 2021-06-24 DOI:10.1093/ccc/tcab044

A. Surie

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Abstract

Abstract This commentary explores the experimental ways in which delivery platforms and local governments in India collaborated during the COVID19 lockdown in India in 2020. The case of one district government, which partnered with a large, corporate food delivery platform is explored here to investigate the platform functionalities that were the most useful to the local government. My exploration highlights how the developmental state mobilized commercial platforms for their constituent socio-technical infrastructural elements. What happens when corporate platforms are unexpectedly ushered into the realm of public values? Addressing this question, I argue that the government’s instrumental re-tooling of the private sector’s platforms to manage a public emergency contests absolute formulations of corporate platform power.

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社会技术基础设施联盟:作为基本服务的平台

本文探讨了2020年印度新冠肺炎疫情封锁期间，印度快递平台和地方政府合作的实验性方式。本文以某区政府与一家大型企业外卖平台合作的案例为例，探讨了对当地政府最有用的平台功能。我的探索强调了发展中国家如何为其构成社会技术基础设施要素动员商业平台。当企业平台意外地进入公共价值领域时，会发生什么?针对这个问题，我认为，政府对私营部门平台的工具性重组，以管理公共紧急情况，挑战了企业平台权力的绝对公式。

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Communication Culture & Critique COMMUNICATION-

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2.50

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5.90%

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