The book explores how pervasive digital connectivity is entangled with data colonialism, revealing how corporations extract and monetize personal information and advocating for challenging this social order through decolonizing the internet.
Title
The costs of connection: How data are colonizing human life and Appropriating It for Capitalism.
Summary
َAuthor
Couldry, N., & Mejias, U. A.
Year
2020
َThematic Area
Data and Information Management
Topic
Ethical practices in online media
Country
Global
Region
Global
Misinformation Combatting
Cross Cutting
Place Published
APA 7th End Text Citation
Couldry, N., & Mejias, U. A. (2020). The costs of connection: How data are colonizing human life and appropriating It for capitalism. Standford University Press.