Data Lives

How Data Are Made and Shape Our World
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1514-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

The word ‘data’ has entered everyday conversation, but do we really understand what it means? How can we begin to grasp the scope and scale of our new data-rich world, and can we truly comprehend what is at stake?

In Data Lives, renowned social scientist Rob Kitchin explores the intricacies of data creation and charts how data-driven technologies have become essential to how society, government and the economy work.

Creatively blending scholarly analysis, biography and fiction, he demonstrates how data are shaped by social and political forces, and the extent to which they influence our daily lives.

He reveals our data world to be one of potential danger, but also of hope.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kitchin, Rob

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 ~ Introduction

Data Stories

Part 2 ~ the Life of Data

Blind Data

The Nature of Data

Gridlock

In Data We Trust

How to Lose (and Regain) 3.6 Billion Euros

Harmonizing Data Is Hard

Open and Shut Case

The Politics of Building Civic Tech

So More Trumps Better?

Hustling for Funding

The Secret Science of Formulas

The End of the Data Lifecycle

Part 3 ~ Living With Data

Traces and Shadows

Recommended Life

The Quantified Self

Fighting Fires

Management by Metrics

Guinea Pigs

Big Brother Is Watching and Controlling You

Security Theatre

When a Country Ignores Its Own Data

Data Theft

Data for the People, by the People

Black Data Matters

Part 4 ~ Conclusion

A Matter of Life and Death

Data Futures

Über Autor(innen)

Kitchin, Rob
Rob Kitchin is a Professor in the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland. He is author/editor of a number of books about technology and society and is a recipient of the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social Sciences.

Rob Kitchin is a Professor in the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland. He is author/editor of a number of books about technology and society and is a recipient of the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social Sciences.