[Commlist] New book: Digital Platforms and the Press

Book announcement: Digital Platforms and the Press

James Meese wanted to let you all know that the book /Digital Platforms 
and the Press/ is available. The book argues that there is a growing 
risk of a platform-dependent press, which threatens democracies across 
the world. It provides the first comprehensive account of how platform 
dependence manifests across the news media sector.

The table of contents is as follows:

Introduction

1. When News Went Social

2. After the Algorithm

3. Digital Advertising and Democratic Harms

4. The True Cost of News

5. Platforms as Patrons

6. Solutions for a Dependent Press
The book is open access and free to read. You can find the link here - 
https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/61c9d395-19af-4c75-a9c1-b61b494e155b.

Of course, you can also:
*Ask your library to acquire the book
*Request a review copy 
(https://www.intellectbooks.com/request-review-copy?isbn=9781789388794&title=Digital+Platforms+and+the+Press) 

*Ask for an inspection copy 
(https://www.intellectbooks.com/how-to-order-books#instructors).

Pre-publication praise –
“Going beyond the gestural politics of the ‘techlash,’ James Meese has 
developed an extremely timely neo-institutional analysis of the changing 
dynamics of the relationships between digital platforms and news 
publishers. Alert to legal, commercial and policy nuances and 
complexities, Meese’s text will become a central point of reference for 
researchers, policy makers and industry participants alike.”
  Terry Flew, Professor, The University of Sydney

"In this pace-setting new book, James Meese tackles pressing problems in 
the increasingly imbalanced relationship between planetary scale digital 
platforms such as Alphabet (Google), Meta (Facebook) and Apple, on the 
one side, and news media, on the other. Meese charts how the former are 
gaining the upper hand when it comes to the distribution of news, the 
training of a new generation of journalists and news industry workers, 
getting paid and, of course, the online advertising market. He not only 
brings a sure hand and wisdom to his analysis of these issues, but also 
to the policy options he puts on the table."
Dwayne Winseck, Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, 
Carleton University and Director of the Global Media & Internet 
Concentration Project

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