Plataformas digitais e o efeito da plataformização: aspectos introdutórios na Ciência da Informação

Abstract

The digital platforms are defined as software having at its base an extensible code, of modular architecture, which can be interconnected to a set of interfaces, allowing access to third parties (users, developers, partners, providers) from a business model that creates or affects its associated value chain and, therefore, also affects the human community articulated in a network within that value chain. The effects resulting from the digital platforms movements are called platformization; population changes inserted in the value chains affected by the platform, ranging from creation and changes in people's routines to the development of diverse cultures and forms of relationship and social representation. Then, this research aims to analyze what may be the development of studies and conceptualizations on digital platforms and the effect of platformization in Information Science (IC). To achieve this goal, a bibliographical research was developed focusing on the following specific objectives: a) to investigate in the literature the most relevant conceptual aspects about platforms and platformization; b) to develop an interdisciplinary dialogue regarding concepts of digital platform among the fields of Computer Science, Communication, Administration and Economics; c) Identify the definitions and approaches of IC on digital platform and platformization, and d) to describe the effects of platformization, aiming its future as a research field for the IC. The review included 67 researches obtained on data basis of the BRAPCI and Lisa, since 2000 to 2018. They were observed some disagreement about platform concepts, implying a tenuous line among the areas of knowledge regarding effect of digital platforms in Information Society, from which the platformization phenomenon is being explored in the IC. So, it is concluded that the IC, as an interdisciplinary field, may develop a protagonist role in this area, considering the sociotechnical nature of this phenomenon and its global impact on the Information Society.