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July 3, 2026Information Communication & Society

The politics of platformization: genealogy from administrative reform to platform governance

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This article explores platform governance in China, highlighting its roots in public administration and contrasting it with Silicon Valley frameworks.

Key Points

  • The article aims to reconstruct an alternative understanding of platformization as rooted in Chinese governance, challenging dominant frameworks.
  • Adopts an emic approach focusing on historical figures’ perspectives.
  • Maps the field of platform studies through the emic-etic distinction.
  • Analyzes power dynamics in Chinese platform governance.
  • Identifies platformization as a governing rationale traced from public administration to private platform regulation.
  • Highlights the distortion of the concept of 'capture' in contemporary analyses.
  • Intervenes in existing frameworks by emphasizing unique dynamics of power in China's digital landscape.

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Angela Xiao Wu (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a47513c5c29257aa25788afhttps://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2026.2695179
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