02657nam 22004933a 450 991034084280332120260115161930.01-912656-09-410.16997/book29(CKB)4900000000504245(Perlego)2329373(ScCtBLL)f761c869-be46-4c0d-98fb-f03bb0aa24be(EXLCZ)99490000000050424520260115i20192019 uu engurm|#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDigital Objects, Digital Subjects : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data /Christian Fuchs, David ChandlerLondon :University of Westminster Press,2019.1 online resource (iv, 242 pages) PDF, digital file(s)Includes index.1-912656-20-5 1-912656-08-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book explores activism, research and critique in the age of digital subjects and objects and Big Data capitalism after a digital turn said to have radically transformed our political futures. Optimists assert that the ‘digital' promises: new forms of community and ways of knowing and sensing, innovation, participatory culture, networked activism, and distributed democracy. Pessimists argue that digital technologies have extended domination via new forms of control, networked authoritarianism and exploitation, dehumanization and the surveillance society. Leading international scholars present varied interdisciplinary assessments of such claimsâ€"in theory and via dialogueâ€"and of the digital's impact on society, the potentials, pitfalls, limits and ideologies, of digital activism. They reflect on whether computational social science, digital humanities and ubiquitous datafication lead to digital positivism that threatens critical research or lead to new horizons in theory and society.Political activistsInternet and activismInternetPolitical aspectsPolitical participationTechnological innovationsPolitical activists.Internet and activism.InternetPolitical aspects.Political participationTechnological innovations.303.4834Fuchs ChristianChandler DavidScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910340842803321Digital objects, digital subjects2170354UNINA