Everyday Data Cultures

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By Rowan Wilken and Anthony McCosker and Jean Burgess and Kath Albury

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Everyday Data Cultures explores how data impacts our daily lives, examining the nuanced ways individuals engage with and understand data in everyday contexts. It dives into the intersection of technology, culture, and society, focusing on the lived experiences of people as they navigate and interpret the data-driven world around them. This insightful book provides an in-depth analysis of how data shapes social practices and personal narratives.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring how data impacts our daily lives and shapes cultural practices. Drawing from diverse disciplines, it offers insightful perspectives on the pervasive role of data, making it particularly appealing to those curious about the intersection of technology, culture, and society.

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The AI revolution can seem powerful and unstoppable, extracting data from every aspect of our lives and subjecting us to unprecedented surveillance and control. But at ground level, even the most advanced ‘smart’ technologies are not as all-powerful as either the tech companies or their critics would have us believe.

From gig worker activism to wellness tracking with sex toys and TikTokers' manipulation of the algorithm, this book shows how ordinary people are negotiating the datafication of society. The book establishes a new theoretical framework for understanding everyday experiences of data and automation, and offers guidance on the ethical responsibilities we share as we learn to live together with data-driven machines.

Everyday Data Cultures is essential reading for students and researchers in digital media and communication, as well as for anyone interested in the role of data and AI in society.

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Everyday Data Cultures has received praise for its exploration of datafication in everyday life. Reviewers admire its bottom-up approach and the diverse examples that highlight how data permeates daily experiences. The book is noted for its comprehensive analysis and critical insights, offering alternatives to data's commercialisation and aspirations to reclaim it as a public good.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509547562

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 June 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 160

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Anthony McCosker Education & Reference Jean Burgess Kath Albury Non-Fiction Rowan Wilken Science & Nature

About the Author

Jean Burgess is Professor of Digital Media at Queensland University of Technology.
Kath Albury is Professor of Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology.
Anthony McCosker is Professor of Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology.
Rowan Wilken is Principal Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.