Making Information Matter: Understanding Surveillance and Making a Difference

By Mareile Kaufmann

Book Overview

Information matters to us. Whether recorded, recoded, or unregistered, information co-shapes our present and our becoming.

This book advances new views on information and surveillance practices. Starting with a methodology for studying the liveliness of information, Kaufmann provides four empirical examples of making information matter: association, conversion, secrecy, and speculation. In so doing, she presents an original and comprehensive argument about the materiality of information and invites us to investigate, and to reflect about what matters.

This is a go-to text for scholars and professionals working in the fields of surveillance, data studies, and the digitization of specific societal sectors.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529233577
• ISBN13: 9781529233575
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"