Digital Transactions in Asia: Economic, Informational, and Social Exchanges

This book explores the transactional forms of the digital across Asia, highlighting how platforms and infrastructures shape the digital experience. It argues that each encounter mediated by the digital involves a functional exchange as well as an exchange based on social relationships. Through case studies of economic, informational, and social exchanges, it provides a contextualized and comparative account of the pervasive nature of the digital as a medium for action and a medium of record.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 308 pages
\n Publication date: 26 March 2019
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted manifestations of digital transactions across the Asian region. By delving into the platforms and infrastructures that shape the digital experience, contributors argue that every interaction facilitated by digital technology involves a functional exchange, while simultaneously implying an exchange rooted in social relationships in the digital age. Through in-depth case studies encompassing economic, informational, and social exchanges across the expansive Asian region, the book offers a richly contextualized and comparative analysis of the pervasive nature of the digital as both a medium for action and a medium of record.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of transactional forms of the digital across the Asian region, addressing the platforms and infrastructures that shape the digital experience. Contributors argue that each and every encounter mediated by the digital carries with it a functional exchange, but at the same time, each transaction also implies an exchange based on social relationships for the digital age. In capturing the digital revolution through case studies of economic, informational, and social exchanges from across the larger Asian region, the book provides a richly contextualized and comparative account of the pervasive nature of the digital as both a medium for action and a medium of record.

The book explores the diverse ways in which digital transactions are conducted across the Asian region, shedding light on the platforms and infrastructures that facilitate these interactions. Contributors argue that every encounter mediated by digital technology involves a functional exchange, while simultaneously implying an exchange rooted in social relationships in the digital age. Through in-depth case studies encompassing economic, informational, and social exchanges across the expansive Asian region, the book offers a richly contextualized and comparative analysis of the pervasive nature of the digital as both a medium for action and a medium of record.

This comprehensive book provides a thorough examination of transactional forms of the digital across the Asian region. By delving into the platforms and infrastructures that shape the digital experience, contributors argue that every interaction facilitated by digital technology involves a functional exchange, while simultaneously implying an exchange based on social relationships in the digital age. Through in-depth case studies encompassing economic, informational, and social exchanges across the expansive Asian region, the book offers a richly contextualized and comparative analysis of the pervasive nature of the digital as both a medium for action and a medium of record.

\n Weight: 574g\n
Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781138353961\n \n