TY  - BOOK
AU  - Couldry,Nick
AU  - Mejias,Ulises Ali
TI  - The costs of connection: how data is colonizing human life and appropriating it for capitalism 
T2  - Culture and economic life
SN  - 9781503609747 (pbk.) :
U1  - 303.4'833 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Internet
KW  - Electronic data processing
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Media Studies
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to 'connect' through digital means. But this convenience is not free - it is purchased with masses of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to make a profit. This text uncovers this process, this 'data colonialism,' and its designs for controlling our lives - our ways of knowing; our means of production; our political participation. Colonialism might seem like a thing of the past, but the book shows that the historic appropriation of land, bodies, and natural resources is mirrored today in this new era of pervasive datafication. Apps, platforms, and smart objects capture and translate our lives into data, and then extract information that is fed into capitalist enterprises and sold back to us
ER  -