| The Trouble with Big Data: How Datafication Displaces Cultural Practices Contributor(s): Edmond, Jennifer (Author), Mandal, Anthony (Editor), Horsley, Nicola (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350239623 ISBN-13: 9781350239623 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2022 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Data Modeling & Design - Computers | Digital Media - General |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.99 lbs) 192 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Trinity College Dublin, DARIAH-EU and the European Commission. This book explores the challenges society faces with big data, through the lens of culture rather than social, political or economic trends, as demonstrated in the words we use, the values that underpin our interactions, and the biases and assumptions that drive us. Focusing on areas such as data and language, data and sensemaking, data and power, data and invisibility, and big data aggregation, it demonstrates that humanities research, focussing on cultural rather than social, political or economic frames of reference for viewing technology, resists mass datafication for a reason, and that those very reasons can be instructive for the critical observation of big data research and innovation. |