Information Society Series
The Information Society Series publishes original scholarship addressing the social, legal, and political implications of the Internet and new information and communication technologies. The series features empirical and scholarly research from the growing global ranks of interdisciplinary scholars in fields of inquiry such as information studies; communication and media studies; science, technology, and society; and law, technology, and culture.Publications address contemporary issues and controversies in global information and communication technologies and uncovers the values and interests at stake in the design, implementation, and usage of these technologies. Series publications are grounded in scholarly and empirical inquiry and have a strong normative overlay, seeking to advance new ideas and solutions to global problems in technology and society. Series authors address challenging topics at the intersection of information technology and culture such as privacy, freedom of expression, reputation, knowledge production, accessibility, Internet governance, equality, and identity.
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Politics Recoded
The Infrastructural Organizing of Code for America
ISBN: 9780262549455
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology's impact on society.
The Secret Life of Data
Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance
ISBN: 9780262048811
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
How data surveillance, digital forensics, and generative AI pose new long-term threats and opportunities—and how we can use them to make better decisions in the face of technological uncertainty.
Authors, Users, and Pirates
Copyright Law and Subjectivity
ISBN: 9780262549653
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
An examination of subjectivity in copyright law, analyzing authors, users, and pirates through a relational framework.
Living with Algorithms
Agency and User Culture in Costa Rica
ISBN: 9780262545426
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 25, 2023
A nuanced account from a user perspective of what it's like to live in a datafied world.
The Political Lives of Information
Information and the Production of Development in India
ISBN: 9780262544047
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 4, 2022
How the definition, production, and leveraging of information are shaped by caste, class, and gender, and the implications for development.
Technology of the Oppressed
Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil
ISBN: 9780262543347
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 15, 2022
How Brazilian favela residents engage with and appropriate technologies, both to fight the oppression in their lives and to represent themselves in the world.
The Politics of Dating Apps
Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China
ISBN: 9780262542340
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 9, 2021
An examination of dating app culture in China, across user demographics—straight women, straight men, queer women, and queer men.
Hacker States
ISBN: 9780262043601
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 21, 2020
How hackers and hacking moved from being a target of the state to a key resource for the expression and deployment of state power.
The End of Ownership
Personal Property in the Digital Economy
ISBN: 9780262535243
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 16, 2018
An argument for retaining the notion of personal property in the products we “buy” in the digital marketplace.
Politics Recoded
The Infrastructural Organizing of Code for America
ISBN: 9780262549455
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology's impact on society.
The Secret Life of Data
Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance
ISBN: 9780262048811
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
How data surveillance, digital forensics, and generative AI pose new long-term threats and opportunities—and how we can use them to make better decisions in the face of technological uncertainty.
Authors, Users, and Pirates
Copyright Law and Subjectivity
ISBN: 9780262549653
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
An examination of subjectivity in copyright law, analyzing authors, users, and pirates through a relational framework.
Living with Algorithms
Agency and User Culture in Costa Rica
ISBN: 9780262545426
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 25, 2023
A nuanced account from a user perspective of what it's like to live in a datafied world.
The Political Lives of Information
Information and the Production of Development in India
ISBN: 9780262544047
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 4, 2022
How the definition, production, and leveraging of information are shaped by caste, class, and gender, and the implications for development.
Technology of the Oppressed
Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil
ISBN: 9780262543347
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 15, 2022
How Brazilian favela residents engage with and appropriate technologies, both to fight the oppression in their lives and to represent themselves in the world.
The Politics of Dating Apps
Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China
ISBN: 9780262542340
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 9, 2021
An examination of dating app culture in China, across user demographics—straight women, straight men, queer women, and queer men.
Hacker States
ISBN: 9780262043601
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 21, 2020
How hackers and hacking moved from being a target of the state to a key resource for the expression and deployment of state power.
The End of Ownership
Personal Property in the Digital Economy
ISBN: 9780262535243
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 16, 2018
An argument for retaining the notion of personal property in the products we “buy” in the digital marketplace.