Book review: Profit over privacy: how surveillance advertising conquered the internet by Matthew Crain

Ferrari Braun, Agustin (2022) Book review: Profit over privacy: how surveillance advertising conquered the internet by Matthew Crain. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (19 Feb 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Profit Over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet, Matthew Crain explores the historical rise of surveillance advertising, showing how today’s digital landscape was shaped by decisions taken in the 1990s. Revealing the emergence of a market logic that has placed individual surveillance at its core, this is a forceful and engaging book, writes Agustin Ferrari Braun. Profit Over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet. Matthew Crain. University of Minnesota Press. 2021.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2022 09:27
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:23
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/114004

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