Analysis of Internet Rent from the Perspective of Marx's Rent Theory: A Case Study of Mobile Internet Applications
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: People are now tightly connected through mobile Internet applications, whether they are platform owners, renters, business professionals, or users. The presence of Internet Rent is concealed between platform owners and renters of mobile Internet applications, according to Marx's rent theory. Owners of platforms lease out data land and charge Internet Rent to renters. Similar to land rent, Internet Rent demonstrates differential rent. However, due to the instantaneous replicability of data flow activities and the impact of network externalities, the former still differs from the latter in terms of social relationships, the existence of Absolute Rent, and the form of Differential Rent II.
Author: Xi Chen
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4384558703