Infrastructural intermediation: Refining datafication, reinforcing commodification, and replenishing selection in the platformization of cultural production
Published online on November 03, 2025
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
This study analyzes how short-video platforms, with Douyin as a case, depend on cultural intermediaries (e.g. multi-channel networks and digital marketing agencies) to sustain operations and expand platform power. Unlike existing studies that exaggerate ...
This study analyzes how short-video platforms, with Douyin as a case, depend on cultural intermediaries (e.g. multi-channel networks and digital marketing agencies) to sustain operations and expand platform power. Unlike existing studies that exaggerate ...