The good drone : how social movements democratize surveillance /

"'This is a short, engagingly written academic trade-style book looking at aerial technologies-with particular emphasis on drones, followed by satellites, and some bits about balloons and kites-and how those technologies are/have been used for the public good, particularly by the activist...

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Main Author: Choi-Fitzpatrick, Austin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
Series:Acting with technology
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