Screen LibraryThe age of surveillance capitalism : the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power /
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. Now, three decades later she asks why...
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. Now, three decades later she asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. Zuboff tackles the social, political, business, personal, and technological meaning of "surveillance capitalism" as an unprecedented new market form. It is not simply about tracking us and selling ads, it is the business model for an ominous new |
| Carrier Form: | x, 691 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-663) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781610395694 1610395697 |
| Index Number: | HF5415 |
| CLC: | F713.55 |
| Call Number: | F713.55/Z93 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Home or exile in the digital future -- Part I: The foundations of surveillance capitalism. August 9, 2011: setting the stage for surveillance capitalism ; The discovery of behavioral surplus ; The moat around the castle ; The elaboration of surveillance capitalism: kidnap, corner, compete ; Hijacked: the division of learning in society -- Part II: The advance of surveillance capitalism. The reality business ; Rendition: from experience to data ; Rendition from the depths ; Make them dance ; The right to the future tense -- Part III: Instrumentarian power for a third modernity. |