Today's colonial "data grab" is deepening global inequalities

Couldry, Nick ORCID: 0000-0001-8233-3287 and A. Mejias, Ulises (2024) Today's colonial "data grab" is deepening global inequalities. LSE Inequalities (01 May 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

What are the parallels between earlier stages of colonialism and today’s digital world? Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias argue that instead of a land grab, we are today witnessing today a data grab whereby our lives, in all their aspects, are being captured and converted into commercial profits. How does this new era of informational power deepen existing global inequalities?

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2025 14:57
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 14:10
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127446

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