The Politics and Policies of Big Data : Big Data, Big Brother?.
| Author/creator | SÃŒtnan, Ann Rudinow |
| Other author | Schneider, Ingrid. |
| Other author | Green, Nicola. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Milton : Routledge, 2018. |
| Description | 1 online resource (323 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society Ser Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society Ser. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 The politics of Big Data: principles, policies, practices; Our focus and goal; Big Data -- does it exist, and if so, what is it?; Politics as a perspective on Big Data; The volume in brief; Notes; References; PART I Principles and paradigms: questioning the tenets of Big Data; 2 The haystack fallacy, or why Big Data provides little security; Introduction; Setting chapter parameters; What are data?; What makes data 'big'?; What are Big Data good for, given how they are created, processed, and used? |
| Contents | Because petabytes[Causal] models are moot; Theory is irrelevant; Numbers speak for themselves; Correlation is enough; Results show unprecedented accuracy; So what?; In conclusion; Notes; References; 3 Grasping the ethics and politics of algorithms; Introduction; Opening black boxes is not enough; Some things cannot be done right; Discrimination and bias are no accident; Human experts are not necessarily better; The algorithm is just one part of the puzzle; Superhuman artificial intelligence is not the main issue; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4 Big Data -- within the tides of securitisation? |
| Contents | Introduction; A new data pragmatism?; Uncertainty, predictability and interpretation; Securitisation and (surveillance) technology; Big Data as a tool of (in)securitisation; Increasing power asymmetries and technology dependencies; Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgement; Notes; References; 5 Surveillance as a critical paradigm for Big Data?; Introduction; Big Data and dataveillance; Epistemic issues in Big Data; Amending the epistemic critique: critical issues of Big Data as surveillance; The decoupling of generation and analysis of data; The explorative character of analysis |
| Contents | Data-based analysis as incentive to act; The double relation to the future; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; PART II Big Data policies: politics of governance and regulation; 6 Tracing Big Data imaginaries through public policy: the case of the European Commission; Introduction; Interlude: sociotechnical imaginaries; Tracing Big Data imaginaries: the case of the European Commission; Discussion: data governance in times of crisis; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 The automated public sphere; Introduction; The long shadow of intermediary irresponsibility |
| Contents | Towards a robust regime of intermediary responsibility; Label, monitor, and explain hate-driven search results; Audit logs of the data fed into algorithmic systems; Ban certain content; Permit limited outside annotations to defamatory posts and hire more humans to judge complaints; Limit the predation possible by online intermediaries; Obscure content that is damaging and not of public interest; Concerns and concessions; Conclusion: a return to professionalism; Notes; References; 8 Bringing the state back in: Big Data-based capitalism, disruption, and novel regulatory approaches in Europe |
| General note | Digital platforms: network effects and oligopolisation |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: SÃŒtnan, Ann Rudinow. Politics and Policies of Big Data : Big Data, Big Brother? Milton : Routledge, ©2018 9781138293748 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781351866545 |
| ISBN | 1351866540 |
| ISBN | 9781351866552 |
| ISBN | 1351866559 |
| ISBN | 9781351866538 |
| ISBN | 1351866532 |
| ISBN | 9781315231938 |
| ISBN | 131523193X |
| ISBN | (hbk.) |
| Stock number | 9781351866545 Ingram Content Group |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |