Afterlives of Data: Life and Debt under Capitalist Surveillance by Mary F.E. Ebe

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Afterlives of Data by Mary F.E. Ebeling What our health data tells American capitalism about our value—and how it controls our lives.Afterlives of Data follows the curious and multiple lives that our data live once they escape us. Mary F. E. Ebelings ethnographic investigation shows how information about our health and the debt we carry become biopolitical assets owned by healthcare providers, insurers, commercial data brokers, credit reporting companies, and platforms. By delving into the oceans of data built from everyday medical and debt traumas, Ebeling reveals how data about our lives come to control our bodies and our life chances and to wholly define us.Investigations into secretive data collection and breaches of privacy by the likes of Cambridge Analytica have piqued concerns among many Americans about exactly what is being done with their data. From credit bureaus and consumer data brokers like Equifax and Experian to the secretive military contractor Palantir, this massive industry has little regulatory oversight for health data and works to actively obscure how it profits from our data. In this book, Ebeling follows the afterlives of health data––medical information extracted from patients bodies, digitized and repackaged into new data commodities––that go on to live in database lakes and oceans, algorithms, and statistical models used to score patients on their creditworthiness and riskiness. Afterlives of Data is a critical and disturbing narrative that examines how Americans data about their health and their debt are used in the service of marketing and capitalist surveillance. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Flap " Afterlives of Data tells a disturbing story of citizenship in todays datafied societies. To get healthcare or housing, most of us are submitting to a new kind of leviathan that does not see people and relationships, but scores and ratings. This book is a strong call for democratic awakening."--Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna "Data extracted from our everyday lives shape our social standing and access to essential services. Combining rigorous research with a terrific ability to voice human experience, Mary Ebeling investigates the relations of power, trust, and interest that determine who gets to use our data--and how. This book illuminates the staggering risks and injustice permeating data-intensive services in the United States, thereby offering crucial insight on what needs to change."--Sabina Leonelli, University of Exeter " Afterlives of Data is a powerful indictment of data practices that stigmatize and disadvantage so many Americans. Ebelings highly original book ties obscure aspects of digitization to immediate and visceral crises of discrimination, inequality, and material deprivation. Rarely is such important and technical content presented in such a well-written and accessible narrative form. A truly impressive achievement."--Frank Pasquale, Brooklyn Law School Author Biography Mary F. E. Ebeling is Associate Professor of Sociology and affiliate faculty at the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Drexel University. She is author of Healthcare and Big Data: Digital Specters and Phantom Objects. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Data Lives On 1. Tracing Life through Data 2. Building Trust Where Data Divides 3. Collecting Life 4. Mobilizing Alternative Data 5. On Scoring Life 6. Data Visibilities Epilogue: Afterlife Notes References Index Review "Well-grounded in current real-world issues, this text is both highly informative and approachable for readers thanks to the authors clear explanations and aptly chosen references. . . . Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"Ebelings book sheds light on the point where our health and debt data meet. . . .this books valuable insights into how data, power, and ideology fortify each other in todays data-based society can be extended to many other fields within the social sciences." * Exertions * Review Quote "Well-grounded in current real-world issues, this text is both highly informative and approachable for readers thanks to the authors clear explanations and aptly chosen references. . . . Highly recommended." Details ISBN0520307739 Author Mary F.E. Ebeling Short Title Afterlives of Data Publisher University of California Press Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 0520307739 ISBN-13 9780520307735 Format Paperback Subtitle Life and Debt under Capitalist Surveillance Imprint University of California Press Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Pages 218 Publication Date 2022-06-14 NZ Release Date 2022-06-14 US Release Date 2022-06-14 UK Release Date 2022-06-14 DEWEY 610.285 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2022-06-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:136504435;

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