Privacy and Capitalism in the Age of Social Media

Grounded in qualitative empirical research about social media users' attitudes towards privacy and surveillance issues, this book contributes to a critical theory of information capitalism by exploring the commodification of privacy and personal data, providing a critical framing of the ongoing debate over privacy in the internet age.

Informationen zum Autor Sebastian Sevignani is a member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group, Austria, and Assistant Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena's Department of Sociology, Germany. Klappentext Grounded in qualitative empirical research about social media users' attitudes towards privacy and surveillance issues, this book contributes to a critical theory of information capitalism by exploring the commodification of privacy and personal data, providing a critical framing of the ongoing debate over privacy in the internet age. Zusammenfassung Grounded in qualitative empirical research about social media users' attitudes towards privacy and surveillance issues! this book contributes to a critical theory of information capitalism by exploring the commodification of privacy and personal data! providing a critical framing of the ongoing debate over privacy in the internet age. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Empirical Study: How to Critically Research Surveillance and Privacy Issues on Social Media? 2. Privacy in Informational Capitalism 3. Privacy Theories 4. Privacy and Ideology 5. Alternatives

Autorentext
Sebastian Sevignani is a member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group, Austria, and Assistant Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena's Department of Sociology, Germany.

Klappentext

Grounded in qualitative empirical research about social media users' attitudes towards privacy and surveillance issues, this book contributes to a critical theory of information capitalism by exploring the commodification of privacy and personal data, providing a critical framing of the ongoing debate over privacy in the internet age.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. The Empirical Study: How to Critically Research Surveillance and Privacy Issues on Social Media? 2. Privacy in Informational Capitalism 3. Privacy Theories 4. Privacy and Ideology 5. Alternatives