John Cheney-Lippold is Assistant Professor of American Culture and Digital Studies at the University of Michigan.
"We Are Datais a gem!... This finely crafted book should help us to
take a giant collective leap forward."
*International Journal of Communication*
"We Are Dataspells out the implications of being made of data in
the digital age: our new & algorithmic identity. John
Cheney-Lippold shows how algorithmic logics that undergird the
architecture, regulation, monetization, and uses of the Internet
have changed the nature of human experience and identity. Through
witty and accessible examples, he eloquently lays out the social
and political consequences of transcoding lived identity into
measurable types in our new world. Clearly written, carefully
researched, timely and intelligent,We Are Datais a compelling and
much-needed book."
*Alexandra Juhasz,Chair, Film Department, Brooklyn College*
"John Cheney-Lippolds deft examination of & measurable typesthe
categories by which we are known and assessed, based on our
datasheds light on contemporary societys encounter with information
systems to scrutiny, and with those eager to identify us for their
own ends.We Are Data goes beyond naming possible harms. It helps us
think differently about what it means to be & seen by marketers,
algorithms, or the NSA as members of shifting
categoriesidentifications that structure us and our encounter with
the world, but that we have little power to shape."
*Tarleton Gillespie,author of Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape
of Digital Culture*
"This book sparkles with brilliant insights. It offers us tools and
a vocabulary through which we can think about the layers of
identities that our data-conjured ghosts inhabit. I dont think I
fully grasped the complexity of what these clouds of commercial
data did with us and to us until I read We Are Data."
*Siva Vaidhyanathan,author of The Googlization of Everything—and
Why We Should Worry*
"We Are Data is an inspiring and thought-provoking book to read,
especially for those interested in the social, political, and
cultural aspects of data. It draws on a wide range of well-known
literature in the field of Internet and algorithm studies and
further engages deeply with the philosophical aspects of the
presented themes."
*Mobile Media and Communication*
"If knowledge is indeed the means by which we can begin to
challenge the digital status quo, then Cheney-Lippold has done much
to forearm us by so capably elucidating the problem."
*LSE Review of Books*
"The text moves beyond overdone topics of online privacy to look at
how the lack of privacy of our data impacts identities It is the
most appropriate for social science researchers and students."
*Choice*
"We Are Data shows us just how powerful data can be and how that
data affects who we are and who we can be. Cheney-Lippold addresses
how data is (and always has been) a part of our lives through the
discussionof categorization, control, subjectivity, and
privacy."
*Technical Communication*
"A heady and rewarding explanation of our lives in the data age.
[Cheney-Lippold's] discussion of privacy...will fascinate many.
Essential reading for anyone who cares about the internet's
extraordinary impact on each of us and on our society."
*Starred Kirkus Reviews*
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