Child Data Citizen
How Tech Companies are Profiling Us from Before Birth
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2021
Summary
An examination of the datafication of family life–in particular, the construction of our children into data subjects.
Our families are being turned into data, as the digital traces we leave are shared, sold, and commodified. Children are datafied even before birth, with pregnancy apps and social media postings, and then tracked through babyhood with learning apps, smart home devices, and medical records. If we want to understand the emergence of the datafied citizen, Veronica Barassi …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262044714 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262044714 |
| Author: | Veronica Barassi |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Veronica Barassi
Veronica Barassi is a Professor in Media and Communications at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. She is the author of Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles against Digital Capitalism.
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