We are entering an era of big data–data sets that are characterised by high volume, velocity,
variety, exhaustivity, resolution and indexicality, relationality and flexibility. Much of these …

This paper aims to provide an overview of surveillance theories and concepts that can help
to understand and debate surveillance in its many forms. As scholars from an increasingly …

" Carefully distinguishing between big data and open data, and exploring various data
infrastructures, Kitchin vividly illustrates how the data landscape is rapidly changing and …

Algorithms are everywhere, organizing the near limitless data that exists in our world.
Derived from our every search, like, click, and purchase, algorithms determine the news we …

Brands are everywhere. Branding is central to political campaigns and political protest
movements; the alchemy of social media and self-branding creates overnight celebrities; the …

'Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever
before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors. From …

Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played
around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Slot …

This book provides a long-overdue account of online technology and its impact on the work
and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves between the offices and homes of workers …

This book provides a solid, encompassing definition of Internet memes, exploring both the
common features of memes around the globe and their particular regional traits. It identifies …

Blog Theory offers a critical theory of contemporary media. Furthering her account of
communicative capitalism, Jodi Dean explores the ways new media practices like blogging …