Tag Archives: surveillance capitalism

Out now: My review of Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Posted on July 17, 2019 by bhaggart

The Journal of Digital Media & Policy has just published my long take on Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. This is a modified version of the blog review I posted here back in February; this journal version stands … Continue reading →

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Evaluating scholarship, or why I won’t be teaching Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Posted on February 15, 2019 by bhaggart

I’ve been trying to sort out my opinion about The Age of Surveillance Capitalism since I read it almost a month ago. While I am predisposed to agree with Shoshana Zuboff’s worries about an … apocalyptic isn’t too strong a … Continue reading →

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Facebook hires privacy critics: What’s the opposite of “cautious optimism”?

Posted on February 1, 2019 by bhaggart

It’s been fascinating to watch American digital-rights activists react to Facebook’s hiring of three prominent privacy-focused lawyers, particularly the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Nate Cardozo (the other hires were Open Technology Institute’s Robyn Greene and Nathan White from Access Now). Overall, … Continue reading →

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What is knowledge? Seven ground rules (and three helpful tips)

Posted on May 3, 2018 by bhaggart

I wrote this brief note for my 4th-year Global Political Economy class as a way to bring them up to speed on the knowledge economy. Because it’s intangible, and because it can raise all sorts of questions we usually get … Continue reading →

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The global political economy of knowledge: A reading list

Posted on April 26, 2018 by bhaggart

…time to reactivate the blog… For the past several years I’ve been teaching a 4th year/graduate seminar on the global political economy. In previous years I’ve taught it as a survey course, an advanced introduction to the various facets of … Continue reading →

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