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[ecrea] new book: We Are Data by John Cheney-Lippold

Mon May 08 20:49:58 GMT 2017



A new publication from New York University Press

Free postage to UK customers

http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/we-are-data**

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*We Are Data*

*Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves*

/John Cheney-Lippold/


“/We Are Data /spells out the implications of being made of data in the digital age: our new ‘algorithmic identity.’ John Cheney-Lippold shows how algorithmic logics that undergird the architecture, regulation, monetization, and uses of the Internet have changed the nature of human experience and identity. Through witty and accessible examples, he eloquently lays out the social and political consequences of transcoding lived identity into measurable types in our new world. Clearly written, carefully researched, timely and intelligent, /We Are Data /is a compelling and much-needed book.”--Alexandra Juhasz,Chair, Film Department, Brooklyn College

"A heady and rewarding explanation of our lives in the data age. [Cheney-Lippold's] discussion of privacy...will fascinate many. Essential reading for anyone who cares about the internet's extraordinary impact on each of us and on our society."--/Starred Kirkus Reviews/


What identity means in an algorithmic age: how it works, how our lives are controlled by it, and how we can resist it

Algorithms are everywhere, organizing the near limitless data that exists in our world. Derived from our every search, like, click, and purchase, algorithms determine the news we get, the ads we see, the information accessible to us and even who our friends are. These complex configurations not only form knowledge and social relationships in the digital and physical world, but also determine who we are and who we can be, both on and offline.

Algorithms create and recreate us, using our data to assign and reassign our gender, race, sexuality, and citizenship status. They can recognize us as celebrities or mark us as terrorists. In this era of ubiquitous surveillance, contemporary data collection entails more than gathering information about us. Entities like Google, Facebook, and the NSA also decide what that information means, constructing our worlds and the identities we inhabit in the process. We have little control over who we algorithmically are. Our identities are made useful not for us—but for someone else.

Through a series of entertaining and engaging examples, John Cheney-Lippold draws on the social constructions of identity to advance a new understanding of our algorithmic identities. /We Are Data/ will educate and inspire readers who want to wrest back some freedom in our increasingly surveilled and algorithmically-constructed world.

*John Cheney-Lippold* is Assistant Professor of American Culture and Digital Studies at the University of Michigan.

New York University Press | May 2017 | 320pp | 9781479857593 | HB | £23.99*

20% discount with this code: CSL17DATA**

*Price subject to change.

  **Offer excludes the USA, South America and Australia.

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