The panoptic sort : a political economy of personal information / Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.

'The Panoptic Sort' was an important contribution to contemporary understanding of the collection, processing, and use of personal information within the corporate sector. It represented a critical shift within the developing area of surveillance and privacy studies. This edition features...

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Main Author: Gandy, Oscar H. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:Second edition.
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Summary:'The Panoptic Sort' was an important contribution to contemporary understanding of the collection, processing, and use of personal information within the corporate sector. It represented a critical shift within the developing area of surveillance and privacy studies. This edition features an updated foreword focusing on developments within this field since its initial publication in 1993. The afterword explores the possibilities for the mobilization of an engaged public willing and able to call for the establishment of limitations on the use of algorithmically processed data in ways that threaten the democratic process.
Item Description:This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197579459
0197579450
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 16, 2021).