The costs of connection : how data is colonizing human life and appropriating it for capitalism
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Author
Contributors
Mejias, Ulises Ali, author.
Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
303.4833 COULD
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303.4833 COULD
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Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxiii, 323 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
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. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Couldry, N., & Mejias, U. A. (2019). The costs of connection: how data is colonizing human life and appropriating it for capitalism . Stanford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Couldry, Nick and Ulises Ali, Mejias. 2019. The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism. Stanford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Couldry, Nick and Ulises Ali, Mejias. The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism Stanford University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Couldry, Nick,, and Ulises Ali Mejias. The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism Stanford University Press, 2019.
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