Nick Couldry

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The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for CapitalismPaperback, 20 August 2019

The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
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Part of Series
Culture and Economic Life
Print Length
352 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Date Published
20 Aug 2019
ISBN-10
150360974X
ISBN-13
9781503609747

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.

Product Details

Authors:
Nick CouldryUlises A Mejias
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
20 August 2019
Dimensions:
22.61 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm
ISBN-10:
150360974X
ISBN-13:
9781503609747
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Weight:
566.99 gm

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