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Research Frontiers in Platform Political Economy and Data Extraction

Examines corporate surveillance infrastructure, algorithmic labor, and the commodification of user data across media and technology platforms.

Algorithmic Sovereignty and Data Extraction Asymmetries
Attention Extraction: Cognitive Labor in Attention Economies
Platform Feudalism and Digital Rent-Seeking Architectures
Data Lineage and Extractive Supply Chains
Surveillance Capitalism's Temporal Economies
Regulatory Arbitrage in Cross-Border Data Markets
Algorithmic Gatekeeping and Content Value Extraction
Platform Labor Obscuration and Extraction Invisibility
Data Colonialism and Geopolitical Extraction Patterns
Behavioral Prediction Markets and Predictive Extraction

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