Privacy and Capitalism in the Age of Social Media

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Author_Sebastian Sevignani
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Commercial Social Media
Contemporary Societies
Critical Dialectical Theory
critical theory
data commodification
Digital Labour Debate
digital surveillance
Economic Surveillance
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exploitation online
Immaterial Labour
informational
Informational Capitalism
Material Economic Commodification
Possessive Individualistic Ideology
Privacy Invasion
Privacy Notions
Privacy Theories
Public Private Distinction
qualitative user interviews
social alienation
Social Media
Social Media Corporations
Social Media Providers
Social Media Users
Social Media's Terms
Social Networking Site Provider
Social Privacy
structural privacy invasion in capitalism
Vice Versa

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138940000
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Mar 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Grounded in qualitative empirical research about social media users' attitudes towards privacy and surveillance issues, this book contributes to a critical theory of information capitalism by exploring the commodification of privacy and personal data, providing a critical framing of the ongoing debate over privacy in the internet age.
Sebastian Sevignani is a member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group, Austria, and Assistant Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena’s Department of Sociology, Germany.

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