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Data selves : more-than-human perspectives /

As people use self-tracking devices and other digital technologies, they generate increasing quantities of personal information online. Lupton develops a fresh and intriguing perspective on how people make sense of and use their personal data, and what they know about others who use this information...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lupton, Deborah (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, Massachusetts : Polity Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Information society.
Personal information management > Social aspects.
Self-monitoring.
Electronic surveillance > Social aspects.
Digital media > Social aspects.
Online social networks.
Data protection.
Feminist theory.
Materialism.
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Summary:As people use self-tracking devices and other digital technologies, they generate increasing quantities of personal information online. Lupton develops a fresh and intriguing perspective on how people make sense of and use their personal data, and what they know about others who use this information.
Physical Description:154 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-148) and index.
ISBN:9781509536412
1509536418
9781509536429
1509536426