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Lomborg, S., Sick Svendsen, K., Flensburg, S., & Sophus Lai, S. (2024). Monitoring infrastructural power: Methodological challenges in studying mobile infrastructures for datafication. Internet Policy Review, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2024.2.1763

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Lomborg, Stine, Sick Svendsen, Kristian, Flensburg, Sofie and Sophus Lai, Signe. 2024. "Monitoring infrastructural power: Methodological challenges in studying mobile infrastructures for datafication". Internet Policy Review 13 (2). DOI: 10.14763/2024.2.1763. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/monitoring-infrastructural-power-methodological-challenges-studying-mobile.

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Lomborg, Stine (2024). Monitoring infrastructural power: Methodological challenges in studying mobile infrastructures for datafication. Internet Policy Review,[online] 13(2). Available at: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/monitoring-infrastructural-power-methodological-challenges-studying-mobile [Accessed: 15 Aug. 2026].

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Lomborg, Stine. "Monitoring infrastructural power: Methodological challenges in studying mobile infrastructures for datafication". Internet Policy Review 13.2 (2024). Web. 15 Aug. 2026.

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Lomborg S, Sick Svendsen K, Flensburg S, Sophus Lai S. Monitoring infrastructural power: Methodological challenges in studying mobile infrastructures for datafication. Internet Policy Review [Internet]. 2024 [15 August 2026];13(2). Available from: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/monitoring-infrastructural-power-methodological-challenges-studying-mobile

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Volume 13, Issue 2

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Thomas Poell, University of Amsterdam
Robyn Caplan, Duke University
José van Dijck, Utrecht University
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Against the backdrop of ongoing public and political debates about the power and regulation of large platform conglomerates, this special issue presents critical, conceptual, and empirical studies that home in on the various modalities of platform power.

KEYWORDS: Platform power, Governance, Infrastructure, Markets, Relational

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Resilience

Resilience: A useful concept for science to cope with digital transformation

Benedikt Fecher, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Birte Fähnrich, Freie Universität Berlin

PUBLISHED ON: 21 Dec 2022

This opinion piece looks at resilience in science in the context of digital transformation.

Internet Policy Review is an open access and peer-reviewed journal on internet regulation.

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Special issue on the topic of
Inclusive by design? Participatory governance and the future of digital public spaces

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