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 ordinary people engage with and resist the pervasive datafication of contemporary life. Covering topics from gig worker activism to wellness tracking and social media algorithm manipulation, it reveals a new theoretical framework for understanding everyday experiences with data and automation. The book also offers ethical guidance for living alongside data-driven technologies in society.
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Ideal for students and researchers in digital media and communication, as well as anyone interested in the societal impact of data and artificial intelligence.

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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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Helen Kennedy, University of Sheffield, praises the book for its essential, ground-up approach, highlighting its diverse and powerful examples showing how data increasingly shapes daily life. Steve Jones, University of Illinois Chicago, calls it the most comprehensive examination of datafication, applauding its critical analysis and advocacy for reclaiming data as a public good.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509547555

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 June 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 363g

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.