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Chinese Journal of Communication Volume 12, 2019 - Issue 3: The Platformization of Chinese Society
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Digital utility: Datafication, regulation, labor, and DiDi’s platformization of urban transport in China

Julie Yujie ChenSchool of Media, Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Jack Linchuan QiuSchool of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaView further author information
Pages 274-289 | Received 30 May 2018, Accepted 19 Apr 2019, Published online: 28 May 2019

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