Internet and surveillance : the challenges of Web 2.0 and social media / edited by Christian Fuchs ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuchs, Christian, 1976-

Series:

Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 16.

Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Electronic surveillance.

Social media.

Privacy, Right of.

Data protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Internet has been transformed in the past years from a system primarily oriented on information provision into a medium for communication and community-building. The notion of "Web 2.0", social software, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have emerged in this context. With such platforms comes the massive provision and storage of personal data that are systematically evaluated, marketed, and used for targeting users with advertising. In a world of global economic competition, economic crisis, and fear of terrorism after 9/11, both corporations and state in

Contents:

Cover; Internet and Surveillance; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction: Internet and Surveillance; PART I: Theoretical Foundations of Internet Surveil; 2. Critique of the Political Economy of Web 2.0 Surveillance; 3. Exploitation in the Data Mine; 4. Key Features of Social Media Surveillance; 5. Jean-François Lyotard and the Inhumanity of Internet Surveillance; 6. Critical Internet Surveillance Studies and Economic Surveillance; PART II Case Studies, Applications, And Empirical Perspectives Of Internet Surveillance Studies

7. A Critical Empirical Case Study of Consumer Surveillance on Web 2.08. Disciplining the Consumer; 9. Socializing the City; 10. What Do IT Professionals Think About Surveillance?; 11. Fields, Territories, and Bridges; 12. When Transparency Isn't Transparent; 13. Privacy, Surveillance, and Self-Disclosure in the Social Web; 14. How Does Privacy Change in the Age of the Internet?; PART III: Conclusion; 15. Postface; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786613661302

9781136655265

1136655263

9781280684364

1280684364

9781136655272

1136655271

9780203806432

0203806433

OCLC:

804665632