interdisciplinary perspectives on capitalism, labour and politics in the age of big data /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by David Chandler, Christian Fuchs.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Westminster Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book explores activism, research and critique in the age of digital subjects and objects and Big Data capitalism after a digital turn said to have radically transformed our political futures. Optimists assert that the 'digital' promises: new forms of community and ways of knowing and sensing, innovation, participatory culture, networked activism, and distributed democracy. Pessimists argue that digital technologies have extended domination via new forms of control, networked authoritarianism and exploitation, dehumanization and the surveillance society. Leading international scholars present varied interdisciplinary assessments of such claims--in theory and via dialogue--and of the digital's impact on society, the potentials, pitfalls, limits and ideologies, of digital activism. They reflect on whether computational social science, digital humanities and ubiquitous datafication lead to digital positivism that threatens critical research or lead to new horizons in theory and society.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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Knowledge Unlatched
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JSTOR
Stock Number
102534
Stock Number
22573/ctvcjjz27
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
DIGITAL OBJECTS, DIGITAL SUBJECTS.
International Standard Book Number
1912656205
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Internet and activism.
Internet-- Political aspects.
Political activists.
Political participation-- Technological innovations.
Cultural studies.
Internet and activism.
Internet-- Political aspects.
Political activists.
Political participation-- Technological innovations.