Journal article
Surveillance: The DNA of platform capital — The case of Cambridge Analytica put into perspective
- Abstract:
- This paper places the case of Cambridge Analytica's theft of data from Facebook user profiles into a larger context of the growing importance of surveillance in modern-day capitalism. It argues that in the current phase of capitalism, data, particularly user data, is becoming a 'fictitious commodity' that is used by various commercial entities as the key 'raw material'. The operation of such entities, which is effectively based on continuous privacy invasions, is not brought into question and is actually normalized by those who oppose only covert data acquisition as in the case of Cambridge Analytica.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Journal:
- Theory and Event More from this journal
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 891-913
- Publication date:
- 2018-10-26
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-25
- EISSN:
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1092-311X
- ISSN:
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2572-6633
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pubs:942291
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uuid:15e74c10-225f-4bd7-b086-8e1fdb1b79e8
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pubs:942291
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942291
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- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 Johns Hopkins University Press. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Johns Hopkins University Press at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/707015
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