Digital platforms have significantly transformed our daily lives by offering convenience in various daily affairs. Even though the prior literature on the societal impacts of digital platforms has been steadily growing, emerging platforms have received limited attention in the information systems (IS) literature. Moreover, as some digital platforms have been related to unexpected societal issues, digital platforms and policymakers have shown increasing interest in the implications of regulating digital platforms. This dissertation aims to fill these gaps by studying emerging digital platforms with a focus on their significant societal impacts and regulatory implications. The first essay empirically examines how online grocery delivery platforms impact obesity rates and nutritional inequalities between the wealthy and the poor in the U.S. The second essay investigates how imposing regulation on data harvesting impacts social media platforms and users by developing a game-theoretic model. The third essay empirically investigates the impact of the Internet Dating Safety Act on intramarriage (i.e., marriage between two individuals with the same racial background) and intermarriage (i.e., marriage between two individuals with different racial backgrounds). Overall, this dissertation expands the body of knowledge on the societal impacts of digital platforms and provides important and timely implications for digital platforms and policymakers. / Business Administration/Management Information Systems
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TEMPLE/oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/8933 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Shin, Hyeonsik |
| Contributors | Pang, Min-Seok, Hosseini, Leila, Ayabakan, Sezgin, Roy, Abhishek |
| Publisher | Temple University. Libraries |
| Source Sets | Temple University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 205 pages |
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| Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/8897, Theses and Dissertations |
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