Data Activism and Social Change

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-78318-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 378 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change

This book efficiently contributes to our understanding of the interplay between data, technology and communicative practice on the one hand, and democratic participation on the other. It addresses the emergence of proactive data activism, a new sociotechnical phenomenon in the field of action that arises as a reaction to massive datafication, and makes affirmative use of data for advocacy and social change. By blending empirical observation and in-depth qualitative interviews, Gutiérrez brings to the fore a debate about the social uses of the data infrastructure and examines precisely how people employ it, in combination with other technologies, to collaborate and act for social change.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gutiérrez, Miren

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Mapping a Better World, a Journey.- Chapter 2: The Many Faces of the Data Infrastructure.- Chapter 3: Proactive Data Activism.- Chapter 4: Crowdsourcing and Mapping Data for Humanitarianism.- Chapter 5: Conclusions and Areas for Further Research.

Über Autor(innen)

Miren Gutiérrez is the Director of the ‘Data Analysis, Research and Communication’ postgraduate programme at the University of Deusto, Spain and Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, where she works on data-enabled projects. She has been Greenpeace Spain Executive Director, and a journalist as EFE Spanish News Agency’s Asia-Pacific Correspondent (based in Hong Kong); La Prensa’s Business Editor (Panama); El País’s Correspondent (New York); and Inter Press Service Editor in Chief (Rome).