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The triumph of profiling : the self in digital culture / Andreas Bernard ; translated by Valentine A. Pakis.

Van Pelt Library HM1066 .B4713 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bernard, Andreas, 1969- author.
Contributor:
Pakis, Valentine A., translator.
Standardized Title:
Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Self-presentation--Social aspects.
Self-presentation.
Self-perception--Social aspects.
Self-perception.
Social representations.
Personality assessment.
Social media--Psychological aspects.
Social media.
Subjectivity.
Psychological aspects.
Social aspects.
Physical Description:
vi, 179 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019.
Contents:
Profiles : The development of a format
A conceptual history of the profile in the twentieth century
The triumph of the self-made profile
Profiles and the culture of job applications
Constants of external control
Cyberspace and profiles : from the boundless to the captive self
Locations : GPS and the aesthetics of suspicion
The history of satellite navigation
On the way to locating individuals
Paradoxes of location
Electronic ankle bracelets
Location-based games
Cavity searches : bodily measurements and the quantified-self movement
Fitbit
Genealogies of self-tracking
Measuring, classifying, discriminating
Introspection and data generation
Lifting the veil
Witnesses for the prosecution
The forgotten fear of registration
The drama of the census
The police as a catalyst of electronic registration
The semantics of the net
The glamour of datafication
From today's perspective
Stigmatization and self-design
The power of internalization
Competitive individuality
The governability of the self in digital culture.
Notes:
Translation of: Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Bernard, Andreas, 1969- author. Triumph of profiling
ISBN:
9781509536290
1509536299
9781509536306
1509536302
OCLC:
1060182301
Publisher Number:
40029256356

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