Digital platforms: an analysis through the lenses of the critique of political economy

The article presents part of an ongoing research that aims to analyze the particularities of the social relations that constitute contemporary digital platforms. To achieve this objective, the analysis adopts the lenses of the critique of political economy. Adopting a notion of labor based on its sp...

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Autor: Marques, Rodrigo Moreno
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Trabalho & Educação (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/49408
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/trabedu/article/view/49408
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Plataformas Digitais
Trabalho Digital
Capitalismo de Plataforma
Economia Política
Marxismo
Digital Platforms
Digital Labor
Platform Capitalism
Political Economy
Marxism
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Sumario:The article presents part of an ongoing research that aims to analyze the particularities of the social relations that constitute contemporary digital platforms. To achieve this objective, the analysis adopts the lenses of the critique of political economy. Adopting a notion of labor based on its specifically capitalist social form, the article problematizes the concept of digital labor. Afterward, the article analyses some arguments from the contemporary approaches to digital platforms. Lastly, by proposing a new classification for them, the article addresses some controversies of the Marxist debate on the social relations involved in digital platforms.