Ispy: Surveillance and Power in the Interactive Era

by Mark Andrejevic

Book Overview

Whether you're purchasing groceries with your Safeway "club card" or casting a vote on American Idol, that data is being collected. From Amazon to iTunes, cell phones to GPS devices, Google to TiVo-all of these products and services give us an expansive sense of choice, access, and participation. But, in an era now marked by large-scale NSA operations that secretly monitor our email exchanges and internet surfing, Mark Andrejevic shows how these new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615288
• ISBN13: 9780700615285
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.1"