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The Snowden revelations of 2013 left the world with a disturbing double-sided knowledge. On the one hand, the widely reported case proved beyond doubt that state actors in tandem with tech companies deploy digital mass surveillance, targeting millions of internet users' everyday activities. On the other hand, citizens became aware that this mode of operation was unlikely to change and that, as individuals, they could do little to prevent it. This new epistemological state of normality provides the backdrop for Digital citizenship in a datafied society, which offers one of the most comprehensive critical investigations of surveillance, datafication, and digital citizenship to date. Drawing on extensive empirical data from the UK, including news articles, policy documents, focus groups, and more than 40 interviews with media professionals, policy-makers, and activists, the book offers a wide-ranging study of journalism, governance, civic engagement, and citizen reflections on surveillance and digital citizenship. Situated at the intersection of critical data studies and surveillance studies, the book argues that digital technologies are increasingly reshaping citizenship negatively a

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Author

Johan Farkas

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences