{"product_id":"platforms-and-the-planet-big-tech-digital-platforms-and-environmental-responsibility-hardcover","title":"Platforms and the Planet: Big Tech, Digital Platforms and Environmental Responsibility - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSalla-Maaria Laaksonen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMervi Pantti\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eOlga Dovbysh\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a growing public and scholarly attention to the environmental footprint of digital technologies, and to the climate responsibility of technology corporations and social media platforms specifically. Developing a critical understanding of the environmental responsibility and accountability of digital platforms, \u003cem\u003ePlatforms and the Planet\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the environmental responsibility of the so-called Big Tech, their digital media platforms and their role in the sustainability transition as a discursive, material, and ethical question.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten from a much-needed critical and cross-disciplinary perspective, challenging the prevailing perspective on digital platforms as \"green\" and non-material entities, the chapters unpack their non-sustainable, material essence. Bridging critical platform studies with environmental studies and environmental communication studies, the chapters explore three broad themes. First, the chapters unpack what environmental sustainability means in relation to platforms. The second theme scrutinises the material and infrastructural dimensions of the digital platform society from the perspective of sustainability and global justice. Third, the chapters dive into the discourses of accountability by both digital platforms and actors criticizing them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edited collection is compelling reading for a wide range of researchers and students both in the fields of media and communication studies, digital sociology, and other fields of critical technology studies and environmental studies. The book will also be useful for those interested in global platform companies from the perspective of management and organization studies or more broadly as societal actors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSalla-Maaria Laaksonen \u003c\/strong\u003eis Senior Researcher at the Centre for Consumer Society Research and an Adjunct Professor of Media and Communication studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMervi Pantti \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlga Dovbysh \u003c\/strong\u003eis a postdoctoral researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377932722483,"sku":"9781836621737","price":195.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MTx7wDsFkK9781836621737.webp?v=1779330418","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/platforms-and-the-planet-big-tech-digital-platforms-and-environmental-responsibility-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}