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"Very little in the American way of life functions adequately under surveillance. Democracy itself may be at mortal risk due to the loss of privacy and the increase in surveillance. Examining challenges in a wide range of contexts, this book investigates and critically examines our systems of d...
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
Peter Lang,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Digital formations ;
volume 96 |
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| Summary: |
"Very little in the American way of life functions adequately under surveillance. Democracy itself may be at mortal risk due to the loss of privacy and the increase in surveillance. Examining challenges in a wide range of contexts, this book investigates and critically examines our systems of data management, including the ways that data are collected, exchanged, analyzed, and re-purposed. The volume calls for re-establishing personal privacy as a societal norm and priority, requiring action on the part of everyone at personal, societal, business, and governmental levels. Because new media p |
| Carrier Form: | xl, 247 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781433124945 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 1433124947 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | JC596 |
| CLC: | D971.221.4 |
| Call Number: | D971.221.4/L236 |