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Thomas Poell
Researcher at University of Amsterdam
Publications - 81
Citations - 4290
Thomas Poell is an academic researcher from University of Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social media & Politics. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 75 publications receiving 2972 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas Poell include University of Copenhagen.
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Understanding Social Media Logic
José van Dijck,Thomas Poell +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the intricate dynamic between social media platforms, mass media, users, and social institutions by calling attention to social media logic, the norms, strategies, mechanisms, and economies underpinning its dynamics.
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The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World
TL;DR: Van Dijck, Poell and De Waal as mentioned in this paper analyzed the role of online platforms in the organization of Western societies and argued that public values are the very stakes in the struggle over the platformization of societies around the globe.
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The platformization of cultural production: Theorizing the contingent cultural commodity:
David B. Nieborg,Thomas Poell +1 more
TL;DR: Focusing on the production of news and games, the analysis shows that in economic terms platformization entails the replacement of two-sided market structures with complex multisided platform configurations, dominated by big platform corporations.
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Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr as platforms of alternative journalism: the social media account of the 2010 Toronto G20 protests
Thomas Poell,Erik Borra +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined the appropriation of social media as platforms of alternative journalism by the protestors of the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto, Canada, and found that social media did not facilitate the crowd-sourcing of alternative reporting, except to some extent for Twitter.
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Understanding the promises and premises of online health platforms
J.F.T.M. van Dijck,Thomas Poell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the claims and complexities involved in the platform-based economics of health and fitness apps and examine a double-edged logic inscribed in these platforms, promising to offer personal solutions to medical problems while also contributing to the public good.