Screen LibraryPrivacy, big data, and the public good : frameworks for engagement /
Massive amounts of data on human beings can now be analyzed. Pragmatic purposes abound, including selling goods and services, winning political campaigns, and identifying possible terrorists. Yet 'big data' can also be harnessed to serve the public good: scientists can use big data to do r...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Massive amounts of data on human beings can now be analyzed. Pragmatic purposes abound, including selling goods and services, winning political campaigns, and identifying possible terrorists. Yet 'big data' can also be harnessed to serve the public good: scientists can use big data to do research that improves the lives of human beings, improves government services, and reduces taxpayer costs ... |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 322 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107067356 (hardback) : 1107067359 (hardback) 9781107637689 (paperback) 1107637686 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | JC596 |
| CLC: | D913.7 |
| Call Number: | D913.7/P961 |
| Contents: | Monitoring, datafication, and consent : legal approaches to privacy in the big data context / Katherine J. Strangburg -- Big data's end run around anonymity and consent / Solon Barocas and Helen Nissenbaum -- The economics and behavioral economics of privacy / Alessandro Acquisti -- Changing the rules : general principles for data use and analysis / Paul Ohm -- Enabling reproductibility in big data research : balancing confidentiality and scientific transparency / Victoria Stodden -- The value of big data for urban science / Steven E. Koonin and Michael J. Holland -- Data for the public good |