Data Justice

Data Justice is a comprehensive book that explores the social, political, and economic dimensions of data, highlighting the power relations and injustices that arise in a datafied society. It provides an expert guide to the debates surrounding data-driven technology and automation, and offers an urgent call to challenge and reimagine these injustices.

Format: Hardback
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

The definitive book on the social, political, and economic dimensions of data, written by Vincent Mosco, explores the power relations that shape our data-driven lives. In an age of datafication, where the systematic collection, analysis, and exploitation of data impacts all aspects of our social lives, Data Justice provides a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between datafication and social justice. It outlines the various challenges and injustices that arise from the data-driven technology and automation, including issues such as access to services, risk of being wrongfully targeted, and our understanding of the social world.

The book delves into topics such as data capitalism, data colonialism, data harms, and data activism, offering an expert guide to the debates central to understanding the injustices of life in a datafied society. It also serves as an urgent and impassioned call to challenge and reimagine these injustices, urging individuals and communities to work collectively towards achieving a fairer and more just future.

Data Justice is an essential resource for anyone working and studying across critical data studies, as well as anyone interested in the social consequences of big data, smart technology, and AI. Co-directed by Dr. Lina Dencik, Dr. Arne Hintz, Dr. Joanna Redden, and Dr. Emiliano Treré, the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University is at the forefront of research and advocacy in this field.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529720952