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Surveillance capitalism is a concept in political economics which denotes the widespread collection and commodification of personal data by corporations. This phenomenon is distinct from government surveillance, although the two can be mutually reinforming.
Mar 4, 2019 · In her new book, “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” HBS Professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff outlines her belief that surveillance capitalism is undermining personal autonomy and eroding democracy — and the ways she says society can fight back.
Jun 25, 2019 · Surveillance capitalism describes a market driven process where the commodity for sale is your personal data, and the capture and production of this data relies on mass surveillance of...
Surveillance capitalism is based on the premise that online activity is not truly private and that consumer data can be harvested without the knowledge, consent, or compensation of the individuals whose data is being monetized.
Jan 24, 2019 · What Is Surveillance Capitalism? In our time, surveillance capitalism repeats capitalism’s “original sin” of primitive accumulation. It revives Karl Marx’s old image of capitalism as a vampire that feeds on labor, but with an unexpected turn.
Jun 19, 2019 · Shoshana Zuboff coined the term “surveillance capitalism” to describe the new way companies claim private human experience as products. Shoshana joins Azeem Azhar to discuss the emergence of...
Nov 10, 2020 · It is what Shoshana Zuboff, professor emerita at Harvard Business School, calls "surveillance capitalism," wherein social media companies monitor, archive, analyze, and market as much personal...
Nov 21, 2022 · Surveillance capitalism is what happened when US democracy stood down. Two decades later, it fails any reasonable test of responsible global stewardship of digital information and communications.
May 24, 2023 · The core to surveillance capitalism is the competition of digital platforms to maximise ‘behavioural surplus’. The result is an imperative to collect data from human behaviour ( Zuboff, 2019 ).
Dec 15, 2023 · The conversation engages key themes including, the theory of surveillance capitalism, the harm of disinformation, the future of democracy in the digital era, the implications of AI and the likes of chat GPT, the status and expectations of government regulation, and where she sees hope for democracy in the power of the people.
