Google and the global internet industry Yeo, ShinJoung creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. ilu 2023 monographic eng 1 online resource (unpaged). "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"-- Introduction -- Searching for profits -- Situating search -- Laboring behind the search -- Digital welfare capitalism -- Market dynmics and geopolitics -- Conclusion. ShinJoung Yeo. Includes bibliographical references and index. Google (Firm) Web search engines Capitalism SOCIAL SCIENCE / General HD9696.8.U64 G665249 2023 Yeo, ShinJoung. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023] (DLC) 2022043296 0252054172 9780252054174 2022043297 22573/cats4110730 JSTOR https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3536562 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3536562 EBZ 220908 20251029164105.0 on1371410330 eng