On Digital Fetishism
A Critique of the Big Data Paradigm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2371084 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Miconi (0000-0002-1960-6243, IULM University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 629-642 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/08969205231202873 |
| OpenAlex | W4387533544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
The article takes into exam the current literature about Big Data and data capitalism, from the perspective of the critical Internet theory. Particular attention will be placed to the ideas of data exploitation and raw data, which will prove to betray a form of digital fetishism: in short, the focus on the final results of the production process, rather than on the social relations by which the very same process is fueled
Big data · Capitalism · Critical theory · Epistemology · Fetishism · Political science · Politics · Raw data · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Law · Philosophy
Behind the Screen
The Platform Society
Günther Anders’ Undiscovered Critical Theory of Technology in the Age of Big Data Capitalism
The Value Dynamics of Data Capitalism
Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism
Updating to Remain the Same
Internet and Surveillance
Exercise as Labour
Zizek against Democracy
Books for Burning
Toward a political economy of synthetic data
From data fetishism to quantifying selves
The One-Dimensional Network Society of Manuel Castells
Making big data, in theory
Welcome to the Metaverse
Whither Symbolic Efficiency? Social Media, New Structuralism, and Algorithmic Desire
Less than nothing
The Raw is Cooked
Search algorithms, hidden labour and information control
Facebook and Finance
Surplus Data
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |