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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300002003321

Autore

Gutiérrez Miren

Titolo

Data Activism and Social Change / / by Miren Gutiérrez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

9783319783192

331978319X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 178 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change, , 2634-6400

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Communication

Technology - Sociological aspects

Journalism

Media and Communication

Science, Technology and Society

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Mapping a Better World, a Journey -- Chapter 2: The Many Faces of the Data Infrastructure -- Chapter 3: Proactive Data Activism -- Chapter 4: Crowdsourcing and Mapping Data for Humanitarianism -- Chapter 5: Conclusions and Areas for Further Research.

Sommario/riassunto

This book efficiently contributes to our understanding of the interplay between data, technology and communicative practice on the one hand, and democratic participation on the other. It addresses the emergence of proactive data activism, a new sociotechnical phenomenon in the field of action that arises as a reaction to massive datafication, and makes affirmative use of data for advocacy and social change. By blending empirical observation and in-depth qualitative interviews, Gutiérrez brings to the fore a debate about the social uses of the data infrastructure and examines precisely how people employ it, in combination with other technologies, to collaborate and act for social change.