Neither "Platformization" Nor "Infrastructuralization": Government as a Platform in China

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作者
Yuan, Jingyan Elaine [1 ]
Zhao, Yuchao [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Commun, Chicago, IL USA
[2] Zhejiang Lab, Intelligent Soc & Governance Lab, Zhejiang Prov Pilot Lab Philosophy & Social Sci, Kechuang Ave, Hangzhou 311121, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
来源
SOCIAL MEDIA + SOCIETY | 2025年 / 11卷 / 01期
基金
中国国家社会科学基金;
关键词
platformization; infrastructuralization; digital governance; government as a platform; smart city; SERVICE REFORM; COLLABORATION; FRAMEWORK; ROAD; WEB;
D O I
10.1177/20563051251314625
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Critically engaging with the prevalent theses of "platformization" and "infrastructuralization" in the mainstream platform studies literature, this empirical study identifies socio-economic actors and examines their relations in digital governance mediated by data-driven platforms in the Chinese context. Through a case study of "the digital reform" in Zhejiang Province, and the affiliated smart city project-City Brain-in Hangzhou, the municipal capital, this study draws on data from participatory observations and interviews to (1) provide a historical context, in which "platformization" in urban governance is aimed to serve market-oriented socio-economic reforms; (2) argue that such "platformization" is shaped by the long-standing structural tension between centralization and localism, which has been renewed by digital data flows; and (3) understand the shifting public-private demarcation in social interactions and arrangements to deflect continual frictions between the state, local agents, and platforms in the domain of digital governance.
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