Business and data partnerships of the 20 most-used social media platforms

This dataset provides information about the partnerships of the 20 most-used social media platforms and apps (according to statistics portal Statista) and the data intermediaries connected to them, derived from their own (public) partner programmes and directories between January–March, 2018. This information includes: (a) network graphs and data tables of all partnership relations the partner relationships and software integrations; (b) details about each partnership relation or software integration (N = 9,184); (c) details about each partner firm or organisation (N = 6,782); and (d) (high-resolution) information graphics created from these sources.

The dataset is deposited for the (open access) journal article: van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2021). How partners mediate platform power: Mapping business and data partnerships in the social media ecosystem. Big Data & Society, 8(1), 1–16. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211025061.

本数据集提供了关于20个最受欢迎的社交媒体平台和应用程序（根据统计门户网站Statista的统计数据）及其相关数据中介的信息，这些信息来源于它们自身的（公开）合作伙伴计划和目录，时间范围为2018年1月至3月。该信息包括：（a）所有合作伙伴关系及其软件集成关系的网络图和数据表；（b）每个合作伙伴关系或软件集成的详细信息（N = 9,184）；（c）每个合作伙伴公司或组织的详细信息（N = 6,782）；以及（d）从这些来源创建的高分辨率信息图表。该数据集已存档于以下（开放获取）期刊文章：van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A.（2021）。合作伙伴如何调解平台权力：绘制社交媒体生态系统中的商业和数据合作伙伴关系。大数据与社会，8(1)，1–16。SAGE出版公司。https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211025061。