Web And Internet Economics

Internet economics is a systematic review about Internet industry and economy. The World Wide Web is analyzed, utilizing an extensive and comprehensive statistical data/literature review, both as medium and as meta-platform giving the basis for a new and original perpesctive about historical evolution and technological trajectories. Internet markets, their perimeters and dimensions, are described in detail by means of the LIIF Model, a new conceptual framework that allows: a systematic mapping of market structure itself; supply and demand dynamics evolution; a taxonomy of product-services; a clearer understanding of the Internet phenomenon.

This book offers a spatial insights on the social mediasphere in the context of digital shutdowns and reflects the dimensions of political economy and of social media in general. Internet shutdowns have been found to be more prevalent in developing countries than in developed countries, with India leading in Internet shutdowns in the world.