The Sage Handbook of Data and Society
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The Sage Handbook of Data and Society

  1. 560 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Sage Handbook of Data and Society

About this book

The Sage Handbook of Data and Society provides a comprehensive exploration of the impact of data on society. Addressing urgent research questions in this rapidly evolving field and offering a balanced mix of introductory insights and advanced analyses, this resource offers a nuanced understanding of critical data studies and their relevance to contemporary society. Through detailed examinations of specific issues, cases, concepts, and methodologies, the handbook fosters a critical proximity to the entanglement of social dynamics and their data doubles.

Organized into seven sections, the handbook covers a diverse range of topics, including data infrastructures, digital labor, power dynamics, environmental challenges, bodily experiences, scientific methodologies, and disciplinary intersections. Each section offers a broad examination of critical issues, highlighting interdisciplinary scholarship and presenting fresh perspectives on the intricate relationship between data and societal structures.

Featuring contributions from scholars representing various disciplines and global perspectives, The Sage Handbook of Data and Society is an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers, students, and practitioners. By encouraging critical engagement with the profound impacts of datafication, this handbook equips readers with the necessary tools to navigate the complexities of the digital age and comprehend its implications for contemporary society.

 

Section 1: Infrastructures of Data

Section 2: Labor of Data

Section 3: Power and Struggles of Data

Section 4: Data and Crises of Nature

Section 5: Data and Bodies

Section 6: The Sciences of Data

Section 7: Disciplines of Data


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Yes, you can access The Sage Handbook of Data and Society by Tommaso Venturini,Amelia Acker,Jean-Christophe Plantin,Tone Walford in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Science Research & Methodology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. Section I Infrastructures of Data
  9. 1 The Materiality of Data and Infrastructure
  10. 2 Maintaining Data Infrastructures
  11. 3 Scaling Up: Directions for Critical Studies of Data Infrastructure
  12. 4 Data Infrastructures and Their Temporalities
  13. Section II Labor of Data
  14. 5 Revealing Invisible Information Labor
  15. 6 Data Labor and Collective Mobilization
  16. 7 Free Labor and Data Labor in the Digital Economy
  17. Section III Power and Sovereignty of DataAmelia Acker, Jean-Christophe Plantin, Tone Walford, and Tommaso Venturini
  18. 8 The Datafication of Difference: States, Borders, (In)security
  19. 9 Data Justice in Mexico: Spyware, Mass Graves, and the Citizen-led Search for the Disappeared
  20. 10 Social Research and Indigenous Data Sovereignty
  21. 11 Community Data and Situated Accountabilty
  22. 12 Data Violence
  23. Section IV Data and Crises of Nature
  24. 13 Knowing Nature Through Data
  25. 14 From the Environmental Right to Know to Environmental Data Justice
  26. 15 (Data) Clouds in Untainted Skies above Brave New Worlds: Anti-Utopian Narratives of Environmental Data Practices
  27. Section V Data and the BodiesTone Walford, Amelia Acker, Jean-Christophe Plantin, and Tommaso Venturini
  28. 16 The Co-Constitution of Race and Data
  29. 17 The Datafication of African Health and Bodies, Past and Present
  30. 18 Genome Sequencing: Challenges for Equity and Sustainability in an Age of Big Data
  31. 19 The Quantified Self and Beyond: Situated Data Practices and Scope Creep
  32. 20 404 Not Found: Quantitative Methods in Disability Studies
  33. Section VI The Sciences of Data
  34. 21 Blurring Boundaries: Digital Data and Critical Methods in Media and Technology Studies
  35. 22 After Deplatforming: The Return of Trace Research for the Study of Content Moderation
  36. 23 Rethinking Community Information Visualization: Collaborative and Redistributive Approaches
  37. 24 Social Research According to Computers
  38. Section VII The Disciplines of DataTommaso Venturini, Amelia Acker, Jean-Christophe Plantin, and Tone Walford
  39. 25 Data According to Space, Space According to Data
  40. 26 Data According to Culture and Culture According to Data
  41. 27 Data Design as a Frictional Layer: Data Collections and Design Actions to Produce Discursive Communication Artifacts
  42. 28 Data According to Critical Approaches and Critical Approaches Engaging Data: From Capture to Care
  43. Index