Making Information Matter Understanding Surveillance and Making a Difference

Information matters to us. Whether recorded, recoded, or unregistered, information co-shapes our present and our becoming. This book advances new views on information and surveillance practices. Starting with a methodology for studying the liveliness of information, Kaufmann provides four empirical examples of making information matter: association, conversion, secrecy, and speculation. In so doing, she presents an original and comprehensive argument about the materiality of information and invites us to investigate, and to reflect about what matters. This is a go-to text for scholars and professionals working in the fields of surveillance, data studies, and the digitization of specific societal sectors --

About the author

Mareile Kaufmann is Professor in Criminology at the University of Oslo.

Summary

This book advances a new view of information and surveillance practices, as well as their related agencies, politics, and powers. Drawing on case studies, the author crafts a new methodology of studying information life cycles which will help us navigate information regimes today.

Product details

• Authors: Mareile Kaufmann, Mareile (University of Oslo) Kaufmann
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.08.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science
• EAN: 9781529233575
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-3357-5
• Pages: 186
• Illustrations: 13 Illustrations, black and white
• Dimensions (packing): 24.2 x 16.1 x 1.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 434 g
• Subjects: Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft; Digital- und Informationstechnologien: soziale und ethische Aspekte