Big Data, Actionable Information, Scientific Knowledge and the Goal of Control

<p>Big Data is control. Consider Technological “watching” (veillance). Whether it is lists of banned books, files and interrogation reports on arrested people, or algorithms searching massive databases, it isn’t about voyeurism, but instrumentalist power. Established distinctions between data,...

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Main Author: Chris Hables Gray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-02-01
Series:Revista Teknokultura
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/article/view/48168