Internet and Surveillance: The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media (Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society)
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Internet and Surveillance: The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media (Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society)

Internet and Surveillance: The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media (Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society)

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Christian Fuchs (Contributor) Kees Boersma (Contributor) Anders Albrechtslund (Contributor) Marisol Sandoval (Contributor)  

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The Internet has been transformed in the past years from a system primarily oriented on information provision into a medium for communication and community-building. The notion of "Web 2.0", social software, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have emerged in this context. With such platforms comes the massive provision and storage of personal data that are systematically evaluated, marketed, and used for targeting users with advertising. In a world of global economic competition, economic crisis, and fear of terrorism after 9/11, both corporations and state institutions have a growing interest in accessing this personal data. Here, contributors explore this changing landscape by addressing topics such as commercial data collection by advertising, consumer sites and interactive media; self-disclosure in the social web; surveillance of file-sharers; privacy in the age of the internet; civil watch-surveillance on social networking sites; and networked interactive surveillance in transnational space. This book is a result of a research action launched by the intergovernmental network COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). 9 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Christian Fuchs is professor and chair for media and communication studies at Uppsala University's Department of Informatics and Media Studies. He is also board member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group (Austria) and editor of tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. He is author of many publications in the fields ICTs & society, media & society, information society studies, and critical theory.Kees Boersma is an associate professor for Science and Technology Studies at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Anders Albrechtslund is an assistant professor of Surveillance and Ethics at Aalborg University, Denmark. Marisol Sandoval is a research associate at the University of Salzburg, Austria.
  • Contributor: Christian Fuchs
  • Imprint: Routledge
  • ISBN13: 9780415891608
  • Number of Pages: 352
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 810
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Release Date: 2011-09-23
  • Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Christian Fuchs is professor and chair for media and communication studies at Uppsala University's Department of Informatics and Media Studies. He is also board member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group (Austria) and editor of tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. He is author of many publications in the fields ICTs & society, media & society, information society studies, and critical theory.Kees Boersma is an associate professor for Science and Technology Studies at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Anders Albrechtslund is an assistant professor of Surveillance and Ethics at Aalborg University, Denmark. Marisol Sandoval is a research associate at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

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