TY - BOOK ID - 33057383 TI - Data activism and social change PY - 2018 SN - 3319783181 331978319X 9783319783185 PB - Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Social change KW - Political participation KW - Internet and activism. KW - Technological innovations. KW - Culture KW - Communication. KW - Communication, Primitive KW - Mass communication KW - Sociology KW - Cultural studies KW - Study and teaching. KW - Culture. KW - Technology. KW - Journalism. KW - Media and Communication. KW - Culture and Technology. KW - Writing (Authorship) KW - Literature KW - Publicity KW - Fake news KW - Applied science KW - Arts, Useful KW - Science, Applied KW - Useful arts KW - Science KW - Industrial arts KW - Material culture KW - Cultural sociology KW - Sociology of culture KW - Civilization KW - Popular culture KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33057383 AB - This book efficiently contributes to our understanding of the interplay between data, technology and communicative practice on the one hand, and democratic participation on the other. It addresses the emergence of proactive data activism, a new sociotechnical phenomenon in the field of action that arises as a reaction to massive datafication, and makes affirmative use of data for advocacy and social change. By blending empirical observation and in-depth qualitative interviews, Gutiérrez brings to the fore a debate about the social uses of the data infrastructure and examines precisely how people employ it, in combination with other technologies, to collaborate and act for social change. ER -