iSpy: surveillance and power in the interactive era

"Whether you're purchasing groceries with your Safeway "club card" or casting a vote on American Idol, that data is being collected. From Amazon to iTunes, cell phones to GPS devices, Google to TiVo - all of these products and services give us an expansive sense of choice, access...

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Main Author: Andrejevic, Mark 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. Univ. Press of Kansas 2007
Series:CultureAmerica
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Summary:"Whether you're purchasing groceries with your Safeway "club card" or casting a vote on American Idol, that data is being collected. From Amazon to iTunes, cell phones to GPS devices, Google to TiVo - all of these products and services give us an expansive sense of choice, access, and participation. But in an era now marked by large-scale NSA operations that secretly monitor our email exchanges and Internet surfing, Mark Andrejevic shows how these new technologies are increasingly employed as modes of surveillance and control."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-307) and index
Physical Description:IX, 325 S.
ISBN:9780700615285
9780700616862

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