The age of surveillance capitalism : the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power / Shoshana Zuboff.
| Author/creator | Zuboff, Shoshana, 1951- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2019. |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 691 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Home or exile in the digital future -- Part I: The foundations of surveillance capitalism. August 9, 2011: setting the stage for surveillance capitalism ; The discovery of behavioral surplus ; The moat around the castle ; The elaboration of surveillance capitalism: kidnap, corner, compete ; Hijacked: the division of learning in society -- Part II: The advance of surveillance capitalism. The reality business ; Rendition: from experience to data ; Rendition from the depths ; Make them dance ; The right to the future tense -- Part III: Instrumentarian power for a third modernity. Two species of power ; Big Other and the rise of instrumentarian power ; A utopia of certainty ; The instrumentarian collective ; Of life in the hive ; The right to sanctuary -- Conclusion: A coup from above. |
| Abstract | "Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. Now, three decades later she asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. Zuboff tackles the social, political, business, personal, and technological meaning of "surveillance capitalism" as an unprecedented new market form. It is not simply about tracking us and selling ads, it is the business model for an ominous new marketplace that aims at nothing less than predicting and modifying our everyday behavior--where we go, what we do, what we say, how we feel, who we're with. The consequences of surveillance capitalism for us as individuals and as a society vividly come to life in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism's pathbreaking analysis of power. The threat has shifted from a totalitarian "big brother" state to a universal global architecture of automatic sensors and smart capabilities: A "big other" that imposes a fundamentally new form of power and unprecedented concentrations of knowledge in private companies--free from democratic oversight and control"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | Text in English. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2019). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Zuboff, Shoshana, 1951- Age of surveillance capitalism. First edition. New York : PublicAffairs, 2018 9781610395694 |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| LCCN | 2018039998 |
| ISBN | 9781610395700 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1610395700 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1610399056 |
| ISBN | 9781610399050 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| Standard identifier# | 15973790 |
| Stock number | 101A5304-CA07-4629-84B6-EE6F0A2B0EDC OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |