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Child Data Citizen: How Tech Companies Are Profiling Us from Before Birth

AUTHOR Barassi, Veronica; Barassi, Veronica
PUBLISHER MIT Press (12/22/2020)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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An examination of the datafication of family life--in particular, the construction of our children into data subjects.

Our families are being turned into data, as the digital traces we leave are shared, sold, and commodified. Children are datafied even before birth, with pregnancy apps and social media postings, and then tracked through babyhood with learning apps, smart home devices, and medical records. If we want to understand the emergence of the datafied citizen, Veronica Barassi argues, we should look at the first generation of datafied natives: our children. In Child Data Citizen, she examines the construction of children into data subjects, describing how their personal information is collected, archived, sold, and aggregated into unique profiles that can follow them across a lifetime.

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ISBN-13: 9780262044714
ISBN-10: 0262044714
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 232
Carton Quantity: 34
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 0.60 x 8.90 inches
Weight: 0.70 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Computers | Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Computers | Children's Studies
Computers | Social Aspects
Dewey Decimal: 305.230
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020015011
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An examination of the datafication of family life--in particular, the construction of our children into data subjects.

Our families are being turned into data, as the digital traces we leave are shared, sold, and commodified. Children are datafied even before birth, with pregnancy apps and social media postings, and then tracked through babyhood with learning apps, smart home devices, and medical records. If we want to understand the emergence of the datafied citizen, Veronica Barassi argues, we should look at the first generation of datafied natives: our children. In Child Data Citizen, she examines the construction of children into data subjects, describing how their personal information is collected, archived, sold, and aggregated into unique profiles that can follow them across a lifetime.

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