Platform Capitalism in India

Adrian Athique is Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland, Australia. He has written and edited a substantial body of work on digital society and the media in Asia, including seven books and more than forty journal articles and chapters. Vibodh Parthasarathi is Associate Professor at the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, India. His research focuses on media theory, communication, and development policy. He co-edited three volumes on Communication Processes (2005-2010) and two volumes on Indian Media Economy (2018).

1. Preface: Platform Economy and Platformisation in India.- 2. Digital Emporiums: Platform Capitalism in India.- 3. The Networked Media Economy and the Indian Gilded Age.- 4. The Derivative Values of Platform Capitalism.- 5. Amazon Prime Video and the Indian Media Market: A Platform Ecosphere.- 6. Music Streaming platforms in India: Telecom and Technology Actors  Repositioning the Game.- 7. Platforms at the Heart of Capitalism: Industrial and Financial Structures of OTTs in India.- 8. Journalistic Practices and Algorithmic Governance.- 9. Digital Economy Inequalities: An Exploratory Study of Ratings in Ride-Hailing Platforms.- 10. Platform over Troubled Waters: Aadhaar Authentication beyond Governance.- 11. Political Communication On Social Media Platforms And Its Implications For The Public Sphere In India.- 12. Portfolios of Fear and Risk in Platform News.- 13. Informality in the time of Platformization.- 14. Notes on The Platformisation of Mainstream Hinduism.- 15. Capitalist Platforms and Subaltern Creativity.