The Big Data Agenda
Data Ethics and Critical Data Studies
by Annika Richterich
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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. 
Book Description
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.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Examining (Big) Data Practices and Ethics
Chapter 3
Big Data: Ethical Debates
Chapter 4
Big Data in Biomedical Research
Chapter 5
Big Data-Driven Health Surveillance
Chapter 6
Emerging (Inter-)Dependencies and their Implications
Book Details
Title
The Big Data Agenda
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
University of Westminster Press
Published
2018
Pages
156
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13
9781911534723
ISBN10
1911534726
ISBN13 Digital
9781911534730
ISBN10 Digital
1911534734
PDF Size
7.9 MB
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