Sinnreich, Aram, 1972-

The secret life of data : navigating hype and uncertainty in the age of algorithmic surveillance / Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert. - xxii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - - The information society series .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-269) and index.

Data about data (about data) -- All data are Big Data -- Big Data blues -- Our devices are "Smart." but are we? -- The secret data of life -- The overexamined life -- All the world's a stack -- Data and democracy -- Conclusion: Data afterlives.

"How cultural and technological objects can reveal more information than their creators or sharers intended, or even imagined, when introduced into new contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

9780262048811

2023023801


Data privacy
Metadata--Social aspects
Big data--Social aspects
Information society

HD30.3815 / .S617s 2024

323.44/8