Privacy and Capitalism in the Age of Social Media

Grounded in qualitative empirical research about social media users' attitudes towards privacy and surveillance issues, this book contributes to a critical theory of information capitalism by exploring the commodification of privacy and personal data, providing a critical framing of the ongoing debate over privacy in the internet age.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Empirical Study: How to Critically Research Surveillance and Privacy Issues on Social Media? 2. Privacy in Informational Capitalism 3. Privacy Theories 4. Privacy and Ideology 5. Alternatives

About the author

Sebastian Sevignani is a member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group, Austria, and Assistant Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena’s Department of Sociology, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Sevignani, Sevignani Sebastian
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2016
• EAN: 9781138940000
• ISBN: 978-1-138-94000-0
• No. of pages: 254
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, COMPUTERS / Security / General, Social networking, Social media / social networking, Privacy & data protection, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Privacy and data protection, COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media