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Internetkonzerne: Konzentration, Konkurrenz und Macht

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Kollektivität und Macht im Internet

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In diesem Aufsatz werden die Konzentrationsprozesse auf den wesentlichen Internetmärkten sowie die Expansions- und Innovationsstrategien der fünf führenden Konzerne Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon und Microsoft analysiert. Die Befunde, die der Text vorstellt, sind von einer Dezentralisierung der Markt- und Demokratisierung der Innovationsprozesse im Web ebenso weit entfernt wie von Vorstellungen einer vornehmlich offenen und kollaborativ betriebenen Technik- und Produktentwicklung. Die fünf un- tersuchten Konzerne prägen nicht nur wesentliche Angebote und Märkte des Internets. Sie regeln als Betreiber der zentralen Infrastrukturen auch die Zugänge zum Netz, strukturieren die Kommunikationsmöglichkeiten der Nutzer und sind wesentliche Treiber der Innovation. Nicht Dezentralisierung, Demokratisierung und Kooperation, sondern Konzentration, Kontrolle und Macht sind die Schlüsselkategorien, mit denen sich die wesentlichen Entwicklungstendenzen des (kommerziellen) Internets angemessen erfassen lassen.

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Dolata, U. (2018). Internetkonzerne: Konzentration, Konkurrenz und Macht. In: Dolata, U., Schrape, JF. (eds) Kollektivität und Macht im Internet. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17910-6_5

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