Lamoureux, Samuel et Provost, Frédéric (2026). Towards a platform isomorphism? How liberal regulation of digital platforms has changed the media ecosystem in Canada. Communication présentée à International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Galway, Irlande.
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| Catégorie de document : | Communications à des congrès/colloques et conférences (non publiées) |
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| Résumé : | This research project, inspired by political economy of communication (Mosco, 2009) and platform studies (Poell, Nieborg & Duffy, 2021; Meese, 2023), specifically seeks to understand how Canadian regulations of digital platforms have changed the information ecosystem and journalistic practices since their enactment in 2023 to the present day. The concepts of platformization and digital liberal regulation are mobilized herein. As Nikos Smyrnaios (2025) points out, national regulations targeting digital platforms, particularly when they aim to restore competition and the “marketplace of ideas” (as is the case with Canadian and Australian regulations), tend to reinforce existing power asymmetries within the information ecosystem. “In reality, there is no intention to break up the oligopolistic structure of the digital public sphere or to truly rebalance power asymmetries,” he writes (p. 248, author's translation; Winseck, 2022). Rather, the idea is to adapt the classical liberal philosophy of the public sphere to the digital age (Papaevangelou and Smyrnaios, 2023), without taking into account the specific characteristics of platform capitalism and its rentier accumulation regime (Whittaker, 2019, Christophers, 2020). This accelerates platformization, defined as “the penetration of digital platform infrastructures, economic processes, and management logic into different economic sectors and spheres of life" (Smyrnaios, 2025, p. 218). |
| Adresse de la version officielle : | https://iamcr.org/galway2026/cfp-poe |
| Déposant: | Lamoureux, Samuel |
| Responsable : | Samuel Lamoureux |
| Dépôt : | 08 juill. 2026 19:28 |
| Dernière modification : | 08 juill. 2026 19:28 |
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