Greg (Hrsg.) Elmer

Compromised Data

From Social Media to Big Data

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There has been a data rush in the past decade brought about by online communication and, in particular, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, among others), which promises a new age of digital enlightenment. But social data is compromised: it is being seized by specific economic interests, it leads to a fundamental shift in the relationship between research and the public good, and it fosters new forms of control and surveillance.Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data explores how we perform critical research within a compromised social data framework. The expert, international lineup of contributors explores the limits and chall… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Langlois, Ganaele (Hrsg.) / Redden, Joanna (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-5013-0653-2
EAN: 9781501306532
Produktnummer: 28596525
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 296 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'105 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Ganaele Langlois is Assistant Professor at York University, Canada, and Associate Director of the Infoscape Centre for the Study of Social Media, Ryerson University, Canada. Her research focuses on new media theory, software studies and technoculture. Joanna Redden is Assistant Professor of Critical Media Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. Her work investigates how digital technologies influence political, media, and protest practices specifically as related to poverty, inequality, and governance.Greg Elmer is Bell Globemedia Research Chair and Director of the Infoscape Centre for the Study of Social Media at Ryerson University, Canada. His research and teaching focus on new media and politics, theories and methods in social media studies, surveillance theory, and media globalization.