The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism

by Ulises Mejias, Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias

Book Overview

Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free-it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our lives-our ways of knowing; our means of production; our political participation.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150360974X
• ISBN13: 9781503609747
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"