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  • The Politics and Policies of Big Data

    Big Data, Big Brother?

    Series series Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
    Big Data, gathered together and re-analysed, can be used to form endless variations of our persons - so-called ‘data doubles’. Whilst never a precise portrayal of who we are, they unarguably contain glimpses of details about us that, when deployed into various routines (such as management, policing and advertising) can affect us in many ways.How are we to deal with Big Data? When is it beneficial ... Leer más

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  • The Metadata Manual

    A Practical Workbook

    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    Cultural heritage professionals have high levels of training in metadata. However, the institutions in which they practice often depend on support staff, volunteers, and students in order to function. With limited time and funding for training in metadata creation for digital collections, there are often many questions about metadata without a reliable, direct source for answers. The Metadata ... Leer más

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  • Nachhaltige Kommunikation in unübersichtlichen Zeiten

    Schriftenreihe Kommunikation

    Wie können Veränderungen in der Zivilgesellschaft heute erfolgen? Kann man sie überhaupt noch lenken in Zeiten von Social Bots, Hate Speech und Empörungsjournalismus? Was macht Communitys so attraktiv, was macht ihre Macht in den sozialen Netzwerken aus? Was muss Journalismus tun, um in all der Medienvielfalt weiterhin Deutungshoheit zu haben? Können Veränderungsprozesse heute rational, ... Leer más

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  • Privacy in Context

    Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life

    Privacy is one of the most urgent issues associated with information technology and digital media. This book claims that what people really care about when they complain and protest that privacy has been violated is not the act of sharing information itself—most people understand that this is crucial to social life —but the inappropriate, improper sharing of information.Arguing that privacy ... Leer más

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  • The Costs of Connection

    How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism

    Series series Culture and Economic Life
    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; ... Leer más

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  • Digital Media and Society

    An Introduction

    The rise of digital media has been widely regarded as transforming the nature of our social experience in the twenty-first century. The speed with which new forms of connectivity and communication are being incorporated into our everyday lives often gives us little time to stop and consider the social implications of those practices. Nonetheless, it is critically important that we do so, and this ... Leer más

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  • The Information Society

    Cyber Dreams and Digital Nightmares

    de Robert Hassan ...
    Series series Digital Media and Society
    What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of economy, culture and politics since the rise of the industrial way of life in the 18th century. Some saw its arrival in a positive light, where the dreams of democracy, of ‘connectivity’ and ‘efficiency’ constituted a break with the old ways. But other ... Leer más

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  • Digital Sociology

    The Reinvention of Social Research

    This provocative new introduction to the field of digital sociology offers a critical overview of interdisciplinary debates about new ways of knowing society that are emerging today at the interface of computing, media, social research and social life.Digital Sociology introduces key concepts, methods and understandings that currently inform the development of specifically digital forms of social ... Leer más

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  • Our Biometric Future

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  • Surveillance, Privacy and Security

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    This volume examines the relationship between privacy, surveillance and security, and the alleged privacy–security trade-off, focusing on the citizen’s perspective.Recent revelations of mass surveillance programmes clearly demonstrate the ever-increasing capabilities of surveillance technologies. The lack of serious reactions to these activities shows that the political will to implement them ... Leer más

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  • Understanding E-Government

    Information Systems in Public Administration

    Governments these days often boast about the efficiency of their electronic systems. Information communication technologies (ICTs) apparently allow public service to become cheaper, faster and more democratic. E-government has become another buzzword, the shining future of the public realm. Critics claim, however, that ICTs’ potential for democratic renewal is hampered by ancient assumptions of ... Leer más

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  • The SAGE Handbook of Social Media

    The world is in the midst of a social media paradigm. Once viewed as trivial and peripheral, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WeChat have become an important part of the information and communication infrastructure of society. They are bound up with business and politics as well as everyday life, work, and personal relationships.This international Handbook addresses the most ... Leer más

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