Platformization Mechanism and Simulation Analysis of High-tech Service Innovation Network Based on Structural Holes Theory

보안공학연구지원센터(IJSIA) 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Security and Its Applicat Vol.9 No.10

Platformization is an important evolutionary trend of the high-tech service innovation network. From the perspective of structural holes theory, this paper studies the platformization evolution mechanism of high-tech service innovation network and the formation of different kinds of platform enterprises in this process with a simulation analysis. Results indicate that, based on the scale-free property of the high- tech service innovation network and the evolution of structural holes and so on, network evolves into platform with an approach of “appearance and differentiation of node enterprises→ modularization→ module embedded→ formation of system platform”; the node with rich structural holes has more advantages to become the platform enterprise, and the node bridging large amount of structural hole is more likely to be the system platform enterprise.

Rural and regional development in the age of digital platforms: platformization of the Japanese Furusato Nozei Hometown Tax Donation System

Ryo Umeda,Toni Ryynänen,Torsti Hyyryläinen 한국행정학회 2024 International Review of Public Administration Vol.29 No.2

We explore the Japanese regional development system, Furusato Nozei, which has been transformed radically after the entrance of private sector digital platforms. Drawing on the literature on platformization and social mission platforms, we perform thematic analysis of interview data collected from the representatives of private sector digital platforms operating in the system. Our findings show that the market dynamics that drive platformization of the Furusato Nozei system increased cross-sectoral interactions and resource distribution between urban taxpayers, rural municipalities, and local small and medium-sized enterprises. However, economic incentives also obscure the system’s original goal of rural and regional development. The results illustrate governance challenges related to public value creation in a platformized system. The conclusions show the importance of governing a delicate balance between creating economic incentives and maintaining shared social goals, while an ideological anchor such as the idea of hometown fosters the stability of the platformized system.

문화산업에서의 플랫폼화: 웹툰산업을 중심으로

김수철,이현지 한국문화사회학회 2019 문화와 사회 Vol.27 No.3

This paper is intended to examine the evolution process of the web-toon industry since the early 2000s characterizing the process as the platformization of the Web-toon industry. The dominant influence of digital technology in today's cultural industry is hardly a news. The web-toon industry in Korea, which emerged as a mediator of Manhwa(comics in English) with the convergence of digital technology, is no exception. Particularly, it is almost impossible to talk about the Web-toon industry, which has become one of the most noticeable cultural industry sectors in the Korean content industry today, without considering a digital technology like the web-toon platform. Existing approaches to the Web-toon industry have presented discussions from the perspective of the narrative structure of web-toon content and digital marketing or branding, but more comprehensive and integrative analysis on the web-toon industry in terms of platformization is needed. This paper will provide an analysis on the changes in the web-toon industry in terms of platformization, particularly economic aspects (market structure), politics (power relations), and infrastructure aspects. In doing so this paper will discuss the economic, political and sociocultural implications of the significant changes in the production, distribution, and consumption processes of the web-toon, which has gained considerable attention as a major original story provider in the Korean content industry. 이 글은 2000년대 초반부터 본격적으로 등장했던 웹툰산업의 성장 과정을 웹툰산업의 플랫폼화로 특징짓고 살펴보고자 하는 논문이다. 오늘날 문화산업 분야에서 디지털 기술의 지배적 영향력은 전혀 새로운 소식이 아니다. 디지털 기술의 컨버전스화를 배경으로 만화에 대한 재매개로서 등장했던 웹툰산업도 예외가 아니다. 더욱이 웹툰플랫폼을 빼고 오늘날 한국 콘텐츠산업에서 가장 주목받는 문화산업 분야의 하나로 자리 잡은 웹툰산업에 대해 이야기하기는 거의 불가능하다. 웹툰산업에 대한 기존의 접근 방식들에서는 디지털기술의 발전에 따른 웹툰콘텐츠의 서사구조 및 콘텐츠 마케팅 등의 시각에서 조망하는 논의들이 주로 제시되었지만 웹툰산업의 플랫폼화와 그 대가와 결과들에 대한 보다 포괄적이고 통합적인 접근과 분석은 드물었다. 이 글은 웹툰플랫폼을 중심으로 한 웹툰산업의 변화를 경제적 측면(시장구조), 정치(권력관계)적 측면, 그리고 인프라스트럭처(웹툰산업 생태계)의 측면에서 살펴보고자 한다. 오늘날의 웹툰산업의 변화는 단지 기술적 차원을 넘어서 보다 웹툰산업의 시장 구조, 시장행위자들 간의 권력관계 그리고 웹툰의 소비, 생산, 유통 전반에서의 근본적 변화를 포괄할 수 있는 통합적 방식으로 다루어질 필요가 있기 때문이다. 이를 통해서 한국 콘텐츠산업에서 오리지널 스토리의 제공자로서 높은 비중을 차지하면서 주목받고 있는 웹툰산업에서의 플랫폼화로 인한 변화 및 그 변화의 경제적, 정치적 그리고 사회문화적 의미에 대하여 논의할 것이다.

콘텐츠 큐레이션의 부상과 문화매개의 플랫폼화: 푸드 콘텐츠 큐레이션 플랫폼 사례연구를 중심으로

김지현 한국문화사회학회 2024 문화와 사회 Vol.32 No.1

With the rise of food content curation platforms, there has been a surge of scholarly interest in examining their influence through the lens of cultural intermediation, a field reshaped by advances such as algorithms and user engagement features. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural intermediaries, this study examines the content curation practices of two cooking apps, <Ten Thousand Recipes> and <Our Table>. It combines in-depth interviews with app users and textual analysis of content curation cases to examine how both professionals and amateurs navigate content production and intermediation. This dual-method approach not only aims to reveal the nuanced perceptions of cultural intermediation among different actors within these platforms, but also represents a significant advance in the qualitative study of content curation platforms, understanding the social role and impact of platform-mediated activities.

포스타입은 팬덤의 비상업주의를 해체하는가?: 포스타입에서 2차 창작물을 판매하는 팬 창작자들에 대한 탐색적 연구

김보영,박지훈 한국여성커뮤니케이션학회 2024 미디어, 젠더 & 문화 Vol.39 No.2

As the reading and publishing platform Postype began to be actively used by fandom participants engaged in secondary creation, fan fictions and fan arts, which were originally sold in physical form at offline events, have become mainstream in the form of digital content on online platforms. By conducting interviews with Korean fan creators who sell secondary creation works ㅡbased on their favorite manga, anime, and games on Postype, this study analyzes how fan fiction activities in fandom, traditionally considered a play culture, have changed as a result of interacting with paid platforms, and how the implicit norms of non-commercialism that existed in fandom are perceived by today's fandom participants. Fan creators selling fanworks on Postype tended to distinguish themselves from full commercialization in order to prove that they were pure fans, while still seeking financial rewards through secondary creation. Postype was found to legitimize their pursuit of rewards and make visible the separation of sellers and consumers within fandom, facilitating the capitalization of fandom.

‘읽고 싶어 훔치기까지 하는 신문’의 비결: 〈옥천신문〉 플랫폼화 사례 분석

김재영(Jaeyoung Kim) 충남대학교 사회과학연구소 2021 사회과학연구 Vol.32 No.1

While the phenomenon of news desert is publicly discussed, the Okcheon-Shinmun weekly newspaper is an unusual case. This study aims to find the elements Okcheon-Shinmun’s success. In particular, it focuses on the changes since its inception in 1989 in terms of platformization. Its key has been defined as the core value of the product or service, its openness, user experience, and hybridization. Using this framework for analysis, this study reviews the existing literature, data, and news reports. At the same time, it makes participatory observations and interviews. As a result of the analysis, Okcheon-Shinmun proves that it adheres to the core values of local grassroots weeklies. The degree and scope of openness is practical beyond the functional level. User experience is high enough that a nearly double subscription fee increase does not deter readers. It has been confirmed that it is leading enough to make full use of the online two-track strategy beyond the typical hybridization. The results suggest that as the media environment rapidly changes, it becomes increasingly important to perform the basic functions of the media, at the core of which lies the independence of editorial rights. In addition, the study discusses how Okcheon-Shinmun is easily linked with the future values of the media, such as the subscription economy, participatory journalism, and solution journalism.

AI·디지털 교육 플랫폼에서 학습자의 학습 데이터 보호 방안 연구

유정수,정영식 한국정보교육학회 2024 정보교육학회논문지 Vol.28 No.6

인공지능(AI)이 빠르게 보편화되고 있으며, 교육 뷴야에서도 큰 영향을 미치고 있다. 우리나라에서는 ML과 지 능형 교육 도구를 통합한 AI·디지털 기반 교육 플랫폼을 통해 학습자 중심의 맞춤형 교육을 지원하고 있다. AI·디 지털 교육 플랫폼에서의 교수 및 학습 과정에는 학습자의 개인 데이터가 포함되며, 이를 분석하여 개인화된 향상 된 학습 경험을 제공하기 위해 상당한 수의 메타데이터가 생성된다. 이렇게 생성된 메타데이터에 어떤 개인 데이 터가 포함되는지, 학습과 관련된 데이터에 대해 보호는 어떻게 이루어지는지가 주요한 이슈이다. 따라서 본 논문 에서는 2025년 도입되는 디지털 교과서가 AI 교육 플랫폼에서 학습자의 개인 데이터가 위협받지 않도록 기존 문 헌 분석을 토대로 학습자의 학습 데이터 보호 방안에 대해 제시하였다. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming ubiquitous and greatly impacts education. In Korea, an educational platform powered by AI supports learner-centered and personalized education. The platform integrates ML and intelligent educational tools. The teaching and learning process in this platform involves learners' data, and a significant amount of metadata is generated to be analysed in order to provide personalised and enhanced learning experiences. However, what personal data is included in this metadata and how to protect learning-related data is an issue. Therefore, based on the analysis of the existing literature, this paper proposes a plan to protect learners' learning data so that the digital textbooks introduced in 2025 do not pose a threat to learners' personal data in the AI education platform.

뉴스의 플랫폼화와 감정의 분위기, 그리고 사회의 마음

김예란,김유정 한국언론정보학회 2024 한국언론정보학보 Vol.124 No.-

본 연구는 뉴스의 플랫폼화 현상에 주목하며, 이 공간에 참여하는 뉴스 이용자의 감정 표현의 산업적 · 사회문화적 의미를 분석했다. 우선 뉴스의 플랫폼화에서 감정이 수행하는 역할의 주효함을 실증하고, 표출된 감정의 사회문화적 의미를 분위기와 사회의 마음의 개념을 활용하여 해석했다. 뉴스의 플랫폼화 환경에서 플랫폼 간 연결성이 여러 이용 차원에서 확인되었다. 여기서 감정은 뉴스의 플랫폼화 환경에서 뉴스 이용자의 참여를 자극하는 중요한 요소라는 점이 확인되었다. 또한 댓글에 대한 질적 분석에서 드러난 주요한 분위기는 박탈된 자의 감정적 수행성으로서 불안, 분노, 두려움, 체념이다. 나아가 이 분위기가 새롭거나 일시적인 것이 아니며 장기간 한국 사회 안에 뿌리 깊게 실체화되었다는 점에서, 하나의 사회의 마음으로 확장하여 해석할 수 있는 근거가 된다. 한국사회의 마음은 우울로 쇠약해져 있다. 이는 현재 한국사회의 가장 심각하며 근본적인 문제로 심화되고 있는 생명의 종말과 미래 가능성 상실에 대한 비극적 의식인 ‘불임’으로 체화된다. The study focuses on the platformization of news and analyzes the industrial and socio-cultural significance of the emotional expressions of news users who participate in this space. First, the effectiveness of the role of emotions in the platformization of news is quantitatively proven, and the socio-cultural significance of the expressed emotions is interpreted using the concepts of mood and the mind of society. In the platformized news environment, platform connectivity was confirmed at various user levels. Here, it was confirmed that emotions are an important factor that stimulates the participation of news users in the platformized news environment. In addition, the main atmosphere revealed in the qualitative analysis of comments is anxiety, anger, fear, and resignation as the emotional performance of the dispossessed. Furthermore, in that this atmosphere is not new or temporary, but has been deeply embodied in Korean society for a long time, it provides a basis for interpretation as an extension of social mind. The mind of Korean society is weakened by depression. This is not only found in this analysis, but is also embodied in "infertility," the tragic feeling of the end of life, which is deepening as the most serious and fundamental problem of Korean society today.

한국판 플랫폼 기술사회의 형성과 질곡

이광석 비판사회학회 2023 경제와 사회 Vol.- No.139

This study intends to find the historical birth of the current techno-society in which, despite the convenience and efficiency of life that advanced technology has brought to our society, it has become a double-edged sword, reproducing or amplifying extreme antagonism, conflict, and the labor crisis. This study traces the processes of techno-power formation in our society: the so-called “techno-socialization” process, in which the government sector seeks to make IT the core logic of social operations, and “platformization,” the market desire of platform capital. In other words, this study traces back historically how the platform techno-social order built by our government and domestic and foreign Big Tech eventually became an emerging technocratic power that captured the autonomous political and everyday communicative capacities of domestic citizens and catalyzed and amplified extreme social conflicts. To concretize this, this study examines the historical process by which the social power of platforms, artificial intelligence (AI) and other intelligent information technologies has increased since the 2010s: On the one hand, in the institutional domain, this study examines the impact of a series of IT innovation policy initiatives such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution Committee and the Digital New Deal during the Moon Jae-in administration, as well as the rapid techno-social transition to a quarantine “security” state system intensified by COVID-19. On the other hand, in the industrial realm, it critically examines the negative effects that “platformization” by the big Tech with platform engines has done on our society, especially on human labor and everyday political culture.

왜 다시 문화산업과 문화노동인가? : 미디어 노동, 창의성, 그리고 플랫폼화

김호영 사단법인 언론과 사회 2025 언론과 사회 Vol.33 No.2

본 논문은 미디어 노동 연구를 위한 개념적 틀로서 문화노동 및 문화산업의 의미를 재고찰한다. 이를 위해 먼저, 문화산업적 접근과 창의산업적 접근의 차이를 비교 분석하여, 문화와 경제 사이의 복잡성과 충돌을 볼 수 있는 문화산업적접근이 필요함을 주장한다. 이후 본 논문은 문화노동자가 신자유주의적 생산 및노동 관리가 확산하는 과정에서 어떻게 새로운 노동자 모델로서 여겨지게 되었는지 살펴본다. 아울러 그러한 노동자 모델에 대한 관점들을 낙관적인 자유주의, 포스트ᐨ푸코주의, (자율주의) 마르크스주의로 범주화해 살펴본다. 특히, 미디어 노동자의 보편적 혹은 독특한 문제를 살펴보기 위해, 본 논문은 노동자의계급, 젠더, 인종 등 교차적 정체성을 고려하는 동시에, 산업적 맥락, 문화생산및 노동과정에 초점을 둔 경험적 연구의 중요성을 강조한다. 이 논의를 기반으로 본문은 창의 담론을 해체하고, 디지털 미디어 플랫폼의 부상과 함께 나타난문화생산의 플랫폼화가 어떻게 문화산업 및 문화노동을 바꾸고 있는지에 주목해야 한다고 제안한다. This article examines the concepts of cultural industries and cultural work as conceptual frameworks for studying media work. I begin by discussing the differences between the cultural industries and creative industries approaches, focusing on the implications of their associated theories, policies, and discourses. I argue that the cultural industries framework is particularly important for understanding the tensions and intersections between culture and commerce. Next, I review how various scholars have understood working conditions and workers in the cultural or creative industries. I introduce the celebratory approach to creative labor, which portrays creative workers as an idealized “creative class.” I then discuss critical approaches to creative labor, such as post-Foucauldian (governmentality) and autonomist Marxist perspectives. I argue that there is a greater need for more research that examines cultural labor within the actual processes of cultural production and connects it to the broader political and economic contexts of specific industries, paying attention to divisions, differences, and distinctive characteristics within and between different forms of cultural work. Finally, the article calls for further research into the platformization of cultural industries and media labor