Data Colonialism: Rethinking Big Data’s Relation to the Contemporary Subject

We are often told that data are the new oil. But unlike oil, data are not a substance found in nature. It must be appropriated. The capture and processing of social data unfolds through a process we call data relations, which ensures the “natural” conversion of daily life into a data stream. The res...

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Published in:	Television & new media Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 336 - 349
Main Authors:	Couldry, Nick, Mejias, Ulises A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2019
Subjects:	colonialism political economy capitalism data postcolonialism media infrastructure
ISSN:	1527-4764, 1552-8316
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