互联网平台对人类生活全方位渗透并逐渐成为社会运行的公共基础设施，关于互联 网平台的公共价值与规范机制的讨论成为当前全球学界与政策界的热点议题。《平台社 会：连接世界中的公共价值》作为西方学界第一本对平台社会的公共性问题进行讨论的 著作，不仅具体分析了平台社会的运行机制，而且对西方社会（主要为欧盟）的公共价 值所面临的挑战及其规范机制做了深入探讨。该著作对平台社会治理的基础机制、模式 和利益相关方的分析，对于我们认识和反思当前的互联网平台治理有重要启迪意义。

With the all-round penetration of Internet platforms into human life and gradually becoming the public infrastructure for social operations, discussions on the public value and regulatory mechanisms of Internet platforms have become current hot topics in the global academic and policy circles. “The Platform Society: Public Values in Connective World” is the first book in the Western academia to discuss the public issues of the platform society. It specifically analyzed the platform mechanisms, also comprehensively discussed the challenges and constraint mechanisms of Western society (mainly the EU). The analysis of the basic mechanisms, models and stakeholders of the normative governance of platform society in this book has enlightening signifcance for us to understand and re?ect on the current governance of Internet platforms.