03877nam a2200613 i 4500 on1371410330 EBZ 20251029164105.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 220908s2023 ilu ob 001 0 eng 2022043297 EBZ eng EBZ 0252054172 electronic book 9780252054174 (electronic bk.) 9780252044991 hardcover ; alkaline paper 9780252087127 paperback ; alkaline paper 22573/cats4110730 JSTOR pcc HD9696.8.U64 G665249 2023 SOC 000000 bisacsh SOC 052000 bisacsh COM 060120 bisacsh POL 013000 bisacsh MAIN Yeo, ShinJoung, author. 64769 Behind the search box : Google and the global internet industry / ShinJoung Yeo. Google and the global internet industry Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023] 1 online resource (unpaged). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier textual sapdv EBSCOhost The geopolitics of information Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Searching for profits -- Situating search -- Laboring behind the search -- Digital welfare capitalism -- Market dynmics and geopolitics -- Conclusion. "Once seen as a harbinger of a new enlightened capitalism, Google has become a model of robber baron rapaciousness thanks to its ruthless monetizing of private data, obsession with monopoly, and pervasive systems of labor discrimination and exploitation. Using the company as a jumping-off point, ShinJoung Yeo explores the political economy of the search engine industry against the backdrop of the relationship between information and capitalism's developmental processes. Yeo's critical analysis draws on in-depth discussions of essential issues like how the search engine evolved into a ubiquitous commercial service, it's place in a global information business that is restructuring the information industry and our very social lives, who exactly designs and uses search technology, what kinds of workers labor behind the scenes, and the influence of geopolitics. An incisive look at a pervasive presence in our lives, Behind the Search Box places the search engine industry's rise and ongoing success within an original political economy of digital capitalism"-- Provided by publisher. EBSCOhost "EBSCO evaluates our products based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the related Section 508 and EN 301 549 regulations in the US and EU. Most EBSCO products are substantially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA." Source: https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/EBSCO-VPATs?language=en_US. Last accessed April 22, 2025. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 27, 2023). Google (Firm) 64770 Web search engines. 64771 Capitalism. 11944 SOCIAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh 64772 Electronic books. 58574 Print version: Yeo, ShinJoung. Behind the search box Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023] 9780252044991 (DLC) 2022043296 Geopolitics of information. 64773 EBSCOhost https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3536562 YBP Library Services YANK 19583394 EBSCOhost EBSC 3536562 92 N$T 56061 56061