The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a landmark book by Shoshana Zuboff that analyzes how tech corporations exploit personal data to predict and shape human behavior for profit, fundamentally transforming capitalism and democracy.
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| The Age of Surveillance Capitalism canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Context triple: [surveillance capitalism, describedIn, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism]
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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
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Center for Humane Technology
The Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit organization that advocates for ethical, human-centered design in digital technologies and works to mitigate the negative impacts of social media and persuasive tech on society.
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C.
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy is a nonfiction book that critiques the rise of major tech platforms and argues that their business models have damaged creative industries, public discourse, and democratic institutions.
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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads is a nonfiction book that traces the history and mechanics of the attention economy, examining how media, advertising, and technology industries capture and monetize human attention.
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E.
The Decline and Rise of the Consumer
"The Decline and Rise of the Consumer" is a work by philosopher and cultural pluralism advocate Horace M. Kallen that examines the role, power, and rights of consumers within modern industrial and democratic society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Target entity description: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a landmark book by Shoshana Zuboff that analyzes how tech corporations exploit personal data to predict and shape human behavior for profit, fundamentally transforming capitalism and democracy.
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A.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
-
B.
Center for Humane Technology
The Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit organization that advocates for ethical, human-centered design in digital technologies and works to mitigate the negative impacts of social media and persuasive tech on society.
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C.
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy is a nonfiction book that critiques the rise of major tech platforms and argues that their business models have damaged creative industries, public discourse, and democratic institutions.
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D.
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads is a nonfiction book that traces the history and mechanics of the attention economy, examining how media, advertising, and technology industries capture and monetize human attention.
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E.
The Decline and Rise of the Consumer
"The Decline and Rise of the Consumer" is a work by philosopher and cultural pluralism advocate Horace M. Kallen that examines the role, power, and rights of consumers within modern industrial and democratic society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| argues |
prediction products based on personal data are sold in behavioral futures markets
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surveillance capitalism operates largely outside democratic oversight ⓘ surveillance capitalism represents a new logic of accumulation ⓘ surveillance capitalism threatens individual autonomy ⓘ surveillance capitalism undermines democracy ⓘ tech corporations claim human experience as raw material for data extraction ⓘ |
| author | Shoshana Zuboff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
Facebook
NERFINISHED
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Google NERFINISHED ⓘ Silicon Valley business models ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
commodification of human experience
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exploitation of personal data ⓘ platform capitalism ⓘ |
| genre |
political economy
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social criticism ⓘ technology studies ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of Facebook’s behavioral targeting
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analysis of Google’s data extraction practices ⓘ discussion of legal and regulatory gaps ⓘ historical comparison with industrial capitalism ⓘ proposals for democratic control over digital technologies ⓘ |
| influenced |
academic discussions of digital capitalism
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policy debates on tech regulation ⓘ public debate on data privacy ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
behavioral futures markets
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behavioral surplus ⓘ instrumentarian power ⓘ surveillance capitalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Big Tech
NERFINISHED
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behavioral modification ⓘ behavioral prediction ⓘ data capitalism ⓘ democracy ⓘ digital surveillance ⓘ privacy ⓘ surveillance capitalism ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive critique of surveillance-based business models
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popularizing the term surveillance capitalism ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 700 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| publisher | PublicAffairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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