The intermediation on the Internet: an object of questioning for the cultural industries

Abstract

The present article examines the intermediation function on the internet and its relevance for analyzing strategies of Internet players, organization and evolution of markets, creation and distribution of value and its business models, as well as how the intermediation participates in mercantilization and industrialization processes. Our approach considers intermediation as a meta-model that coexists with socioeconomic models that already existed before the development of the Cultural Industry.