Making Information Matter: Understanding Surveillance And Making A Difference

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.

• | Author: Mareile Kaufmann
• | Publisher: Bristol University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 15, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 194 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1529233577
• | ISBN-13: 9781529233575