Deborah Lupton

The Internet of Animals begins with the half-joking claim, 'The internet is made of cats'. Today, animals of all shapes and sizes inhabit our digital spaces, including companion animals, wildlife, feral animals, and livestock. In this book, Deborah Lupton explores how digital technologies and datafication are changing our relationships with other animals. Playfully building on the concept of 'The Internet...

The Internet of Animals by Deborah Lupton explores a fascinating aspect of our digital world: the presence of animals in our online spaces. From companion animals and wildlife to feral animals and livestock, creatures of all sorts now inhabit our digital realms. In this engaging book, Lupton investigates how digital technologies and datafication are transforming our relationships with animals. Playfully...

With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self movement has emerged to promote 'self-knowledge through numbers'. In this groundbreaking book, Deborah Lupton critically analyses the social, cultural, and political dimensions of contemporary self-tracking and identifies the concepts of selfhood and human...