digital platforms
Web-based software systems
Digital platforms are online systems that connect users, creators, or businesses—enabling interaction, transactions, or content sharing.
The term covers social media networks, app stores, streaming services, and marketplaces: Facebook and YouTube are the dominant digital platforms for advertising.
Platform implies infrastructure that others build upon, distinguishing these from standalone websites or applications.
- online marketplaceWebsite connecting buyers, sellers
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- social networkStructure of connected individuals
internet · payment gateway · API · subscription model · content moderation · multimedia · online · cloud computing · users · product catalog · user-generated content · network effects · influencer marketing · notifications · push notifications · profiles · ecosystem · algorithms
- digital technologyinternet, software, streaming, computers, CGI
- tech industrysoftware, computers, semiconductors, hardware, Amazon
- Media Distributionstreaming services, video streaming, music streaming, download, broadcast
- online spaceswebsite, websites, webpage, web pages, web page
- digital journalismonline journalism, online news, e-newspapers, online editions, web publishing
- digitalizationcomputerization, digitization, data processing, data management, paperless office
digital platformsbrick-and-mortar stores
Shops with street addresses
analog media · print media · tangible goods · hardcopy · material goods
digital platformsbrick-and-mortar stores
Shops with street addresses
shopping malls · town squares · bazaars · farmers markets · flea markets
digital platformsface-to-face interaction
Communication with physical presence
direct exchange · handshake deals · personal service · cash transactions · in-person meetings