Digital Totalitarianism: Algorithms and Society

Author:   Michael Filimowicz (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032002415


Pages:   90
Publication Date:   16 February 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Digital Totalitarianism: Algorithms and Society focuses on important challenges to democratic values posed by our computational regimes: policing the freedom of inquiry, risks to the personal autonomy of thought, NeoLiberal management of human creativity, and the collapse of critical thinking with the social media fueled rise of conspiranoia. Digital networks allow for a granularity and pervasiveness of surveillance by government and corporate entities. This creates power asymmetries where each citizen’s daily ‘data exhaust’ can be used for manipulative and controlling ends by powerful institutional actors. This volume explores key erosions in our fundamental human values associated with free societies by covering government surveillance of library-based activities, cognitive enhancement debates, the increasing business orientation of art schools, and the proliferation of conspiracy theories in network media. Scholars and students from many backgrounds, as well as policy makers, journalists and the general reading public will find a multidisciplinary approach to questions of totalitarian tendencies encompassing research from Communication, Rhetoric, Library Sciences, Art and New Media.

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Author:   Michael Filimowicz (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9781032002415


ISBN 10:   1032002417
Pages:   90
Publication Date:   16 February 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Michael Filimowicz is Senior Lecturer in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University. He has a background in computer-mediated communications, audiovisual production, new media art, and creative writing. His research develops new multimodal display technologies and forms, exploring novel form factors across different application contexts, including gaming, immersive exhibitions, and simulations.

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