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| Publisher | Routledge |
| ISBN 13 | 9781138293748 |
| ISBN 10 | 1138293741 |
| Book Subtitle | Big Data, Big Brother? |
| Book Description | 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 to us? When is it harmful? How might we regulate it? Offering careful and critical analyses, this timely volume aims to broaden well-informed, unprejudiced discourse, focusing on: the tenets of Big Data, the politics of governance and regulation; and Big Data practices, performance and resistance. An interdisciplinary volume, The Politics of Big Data will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral and senior researchers interested in fields such as Technology, Politics and Surveillance. |
| About the Author | My background has run the gamut of Social Sciences, HCI, Science and Technology Studies, Media and Cultural Studies and Surveillance Studies; all intersecting via projects on digital media technologies and/or sustainabilities of various sorts. My earliest PhD research was an international multi-sited ethnography of virtual reality technologies exploring issues in embodiment, identity, organisation and discourse – across the three domains of popular entertainment, arts, and digital-DIY/ experimentation. This was followed by various UK-based research projects focussed on mobile devices and everyday mobilities – addressing issues including everything from mass mobile consumption and the early emergence of normative everyday usage practices [ESRC, Mobile Providers, BT], through to the organisation and regulation of mobile data [Intel] and the informational policy challenges presented by the generation and use of such mobile-generated data – including dimensions of trust, risk and privacy. A little later I was involved in projects centred on Sustainabilities more explicitly – including the RESOLVE project via the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey, and UK/NZ Sustainability research exchanges via the British Academy. Throughout these projects I’ve also had an enduring interest in the development of qualitative research methodologies and their use in both HCI research and within Social Sciences more generally – particularly in respect of Ethnographic, Mixed, Feminist and Participatory methodologies. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Ann Rudinow Stnan |
| Editor | Ingrid Schneider, Nicola Green |
| Edition Number | 1st Edition |
| Publication Date | 02-Apr-18 |
The Politics And Policies Of Big Data hardcover english - 02-Apr-18
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