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Record Nr.

UNINA9910268953503321

Autore

Richterich Annika

Titolo

The Big Data Agenda : Data Ethics and Critical Data Studies  / / Annika Richterich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : University of Westminster Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

9781911534747

1911534742

9781911534730

1911534734

9781911534976

1911534971

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 148 pages) : PDF, digital file(s)

Collana

CDSMS (Critical digital and social media studies)

Disciplina

005.7

Soggetti

Kritik

Massendaten

Technology - Moral and ethical aspects

Computer science - Moral and ethical aspects

Big data - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-141) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book highlights that the capacity for gathering, analysing, and utilising vast amounts of digital (user) data raises significant ethical issues. Annika Richterich provides a systematic contemporary overview of the field of critical data studies that reflects on practices of digital data collection and analysis. The book assesses in detail one big data research area: biomedical studies, focused on epidemiological surveillance. Specific case studies explore how big data have been used in academic work. The Big Data Agenda concludes that the use of big data in research urgently needs to be considered from the vantage point of ethics and social justice. Drawing upon discourse ethics and critical data studies, Richterich argues that entanglements between big



data research and technology/ internet corporations have emerged. In consequence, more opportunities for discussing and negotiating emerging research practices and their implications for societal values are needed. An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high quality books Open Access for the public good. More information about the initiative and details about KU's Open Access programme can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org.".