Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism
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- ISBN 9783631632208
- Weight: 190g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jul 2012
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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The aim of this book is to clarify how surveillance in informational capitalism can be theorised. This work constructs theoretically founded typologies in order to systemise the existing literature of surveillance studies and to analyse selected examples. It argues that conventional surveillance theories are insufficient for studying surveillance in general and Internet surveillance in particular. In contrast, a typology of surveillance in informational capitalism, which is based on the foundations of a critical political economy approach, allows to systemise and to analyse (online) surveillance in the spheres of production, circulation, and consumption. In conclusion, political recommendations are drawn in order to overcome surveillance in informational capitalism.
Thomas Allmer studied Media and Communication at the University of Salzburg and the Victoria University of Melbourne. He is a research associate in the project «Social Networking Sites in the Surveillance Society», funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and a member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group Austria).
