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The Costs of Connection

- How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
Af: Ulises A. Mejias, Nick Couldry Engelsk Paperback

The Costs of Connection

- How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
Af: Ulises A. Mejias, Nick Couldry Engelsk Paperback
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Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our lives—our ways of knowing; our means of production; our political participation.

Colonialism might seem like a thing of the past, but this book shows that the historic appropriation of land, bodies, and natural resources is mirrored today in this new era of pervasive datafication. Apps, platforms, and smart objects capture and translate our lives into data, and then extract information that is fed into capitalist enterprises and sold back to us. The authors argue that this development foreshadows the creation of a new social order emerging globally—and it must be challenged. Confronting the alarming degree of surveillance already tolerated, they offer a stirring call to decolonize the internet and emancipate our desire for connection.

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Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our lives—our ways of knowing; our means of production; our political participation.

Colonialism might seem like a thing of the past, but this book shows that the historic appropriation of land, bodies, and natural resources is mirrored today in this new era of pervasive datafication. Apps, platforms, and smart objects capture and translate our lives into data, and then extract information that is fed into capitalist enterprises and sold back to us. The authors argue that this development foreshadows the creation of a new social order emerging globally—and it must be challenged. Confronting the alarming degree of surveillance already tolerated, they offer a stirring call to decolonize the internet and emancipate our desire for connection.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9781503609747
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 150360974X
Kategori: Populærkultur
Udg. Dato: 20 aug 2019
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 155mm
Forlag: Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato: 20 aug 2019
Forfatter(e) Ulises A. Mejias, Nick Couldry


Kategori Populærkultur


ISBN-13 9781503609747


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 352


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 228mm


Højde 155mm


Udg. Dato 20 aug 2019


Oplagsdato 20 aug 2019


Forlag Stanford University Press