Done is better than perfect: evidence, governance, power and platform regulation

Andrews, Leighton 2024. Done is better than perfect: evidence, governance, power and platform regulation. Puppis, Manuel, Mansell, Robin and Van den Bulck, Hilde, eds. Handbook of Media and Communication Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 154-165. (10.4337/9781800887206.00021)

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Abstract

The widespread emergence of regulatory proposals for platform companies internationally is a significant shift from reliance on the ‘governance’ model alone, a product of the age of ‘progressive neoliberalism’ (Fraser, 2019). Recent years have seen a strengthening of state discursive and analytical capacities in various jurisdictions as legislators, regulators and governments seek to move beyond the assembling of evidence on market activity to engage with fundamental questions of the power of platforms and the ways in which their business models affect democratic norms. The move towards regulation, covering a range of fields, and with a number of policy drivers, is unlikely to be tidy, consistent, or based on utility-style legislation. Instead, platforms will be subject to a series of concurrent regulatory interventions from national governments and multi-national institutions such as the European Union. Regulation is always a contested process which platforms and their critics will challenge, including through post-regulatory litigation.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Edward Elgar
ISBN:	9781800887190
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2025 14:40
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/152117

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