Artificial democracy : the impact of big data on politics, policy, and polity / edited by Cecilia Biancalana and Eric Montigny.
| Other author | Biancalana, Cecilia, editor. |
| Other author | Montigny, Éric, editor |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Vancouver : UBC Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | vi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : towards an artificial democracy? / Eric Montigny and Cecilia Biancalana -- Big data and electoral democracy : the epistemic risk / François Blais -- Big data : a collective resource in a connected world / Pierre Trudel -- The democratic specifications : preserving fundamental rights and freedoms in human societies in the digital era / François Pellegrini -- The closing of ranks : the collusion of federal political parties and the resistance to privacy regulation / Colin J. Bennett -- Digital data as a lens on voters' lifestyle : theoretical perspectives and insights / Catherine Ouellet and Yannick Dufresne -- Party members, canvassing, and microtargeting : ethnography of a data-driven campaign in Turin, Italy / Cecilia Biancalana -- Surveillance capitalism meets the pandemic : surveillance challenges to the "social contract" / David Lyon -- The use of COVID-19 exposure notification apps in Canada : a deep dive into provincial privacy frameworks / Pierre-Luc Déziel -- Conclusion : democracy as an artifact / Julia Rone and Cecilia Biancalana. |
| Abstract | "Democracy and data have a complicated relationship. Under the influence of big data and artificial intelligence, some democracies are being transformed, for better or worse, as relations between citizens, political parties, governments, and corporations are being redrawn. Artificial Democracy explores the ways in which data collection and analytics, and their application, are changing political practices, government policies, and even democratic polities themselves. With an international roster of multidisciplinary contributors, this highly topical collection takes a comprehensive approach to big data's effect on democracy, from the use of micro-targeting in electoral campaigns to the clash between privacy and surveillance in the name of protecting society. Artificial Democracy tackles both the dangers and the potentially desirable changes made possible by the symbiosis of big data and artificial intelligence. It explores shifts in how we conceptualize the citizen-government relationship and asks important questions about where we could be heading."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Artificial democracy. Vancouver : UBC Press, 2025. 0774871032 9780774871037 |
| ISBN | 9780774871020 |
| ISBN | 9780774871013 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0774871016 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0774871024 (softcover) |