The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
2 Culture and Economic Life

The Costs of Connection

How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism

By
Nick Couldry
Nick Couldry,
Ulises A. Mejias
Ulises A. Mejias
2019 • 368 pages

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