Bachelor-of-Digital-Society.md

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+‘Disintermediaton’ refers to cutting out those people or organisations that traditionally came between (or mediated relationships between) producers and consumers. For example, Spotify removes the need for record/CD distributors and retailers. This was discussed in relation to the ‘platform society’ in ‘What is (a) Digital Society?’ This also appeared in the text by Tim Jordan (2020) that you read for the ‘Critical Reading Test’. In the chapter you read, ‘Taxis, Hotels and Blockchains’, Jordan describes the disintermediation that occurs with Uber and Booking.com, etc.
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+•	Jordan, T. (2020). The digital economy. Polity. (in UM Library)
+•	Woodcock, J., & Graham, M. (2020). The gig economy. A critical introduction. Polity. (free to download at: https://acdc2007.free.fr/woodcock2020.pdf )
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+Summary provided by Sally Wyatt, based on the sources cited.
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