The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism - Couverture souple

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Couldry, Nick; Mejias, Ulises A.

 
9781503609747: The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
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ISBN 10 : 150360974X ISBN 13 : 9781503609747
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2019

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Nick Couldry is Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ulises A. Mejias is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Institute for Global Engagement at the State University of New York, College at Oswego.

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Éditeur
Stanford University Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
150360974X
ISBN 13 
9781503609747
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9781503603660: The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism

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ISBN 10 :  1503603660 ISBN 13 :  9781503603660
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2019
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