The costs of connection : how data is colonizing human life and appropriating it for capitalism

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 un...

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Main Authors:	Couldry, Nick, Mejias, Ulises A
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford Stanford University Press 2019
Edition:	1
Series:	Culture and economic life
Subjects:	autonomy Capitalism Capitalism > Social aspects colonialism connection data decoloniality Electronic data processing Electronic data processing > Social aspects extraction Information technology Information technology > Social aspects Internet Internet > Social aspects postcolonialism SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture society colonialism autonomy society data capitalism connection decoloniality extraction postcolonialism internet
ISBN:	9781503609747, 150360974X, 1503609758, 9781503609754, 9781503603660, 1503603660
Online Access:	Get full text
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