The Big Data Agenda

Data Ethics and Critical Data Studies

Annika Richterich

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English

University of Westminster Press
13 April 2018

Media studies; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Ethical issues & debates

Series: Critical Digital and Social Media Studies

This book highlights that the capacity for gathering, analysing, and utilising vast amounts of digital (user) data raises significant ethical issues. Annika Richterich provides a systematic contemporary overview of the field of critical data studies that reflects on practices of digital data collection and analysis. The book assesses in detail one big data research area: biomedical studies, focused on epidemiological surveillance. Specific case studies explore how big data have been used in academic work.

The Big Data Agenda concludes that the use of big data in research urgently needs to be considered from the vantage point of ethics and social justice. Drawing upon discourse ethics and critical data studies, Richterich argues that entanglements between big data research and technology/internet corporations have emerged. In consequence, more opportunities for discussing and negotiating emerging research practices and their implications for societal values are needed.

By: Annika Richterich
Imprint: University of Westminster Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9781911534976
ISBN 10: 1911534971
Series: Critical Digital and Social Media Studies
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 13 April 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Annika Richterich is Assistant Professor in Digital Culture, Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.