{"product_id":"behind-the-search-box-shinjoung-yeo-9780252087127","title":"Behind the Search Box: Google and the Global Internet Industry","description":"Once seen as a harbinger of a new enlightened capitalism, Google has become a model of robber baron rapaciousness thanks to its ruthless monetizing of private data, obsession with monopoly, and pervasive systems of labor discrimination and exploitation. Using the company as a jumping-off point, ShinJoung Yeo explores the political economy of the search engine industry against the backdrop of the relationship between information and capitalism's developmental processes. Yeo's critical analysis draws on in-depth discussions of essential issues like how the search engine evolved into a ubiquitous commercial service, it's place in a global information business that is restructuring the information industry and our very social lives, who exactly designs and uses search technology, what kinds of workers labor behind the scenes, and the influence of geopolitics. \u003cp\u003e An incisive look at a pervasive presence in our lives, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Search Box\u003c\/i\u003e places the search engine industry's rise and ongoing success within an original political economy of digital capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shinjoung Yeo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252087127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252087127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024","brand":"Shinjoung Yeo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072435843327,"sku":"9780252087127","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b1cfc2d-a885-415b-ab0a-2597faba8ae0.jpg?v=1685441952","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/behind-the-search-box-shinjoung-yeo-9780252087127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}