| The Handbook of Privacy Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Contributor(s): Van Der Sloot, Bart (Editor), de Groot, Aviva (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9462988099 ISBN-13: 9789462988095 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Privacy & Surveillance (see Also Political Science - Privacy & Surveillance |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.70 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Handbook of Privacy Studies is the first book in the world that brings together several disciplinary perspectives on privacy, such as the legal, ethical, medical, informatics and anthropological perspective. Privacy is in the news almost every day: mass surveillance by intelligence agencies, the use of social media data for commercial profit and political microtargeting, password hacks and identity theft, new data protection regimes, questionable reuse of medical data, and concerns about how algorithms shape the way we think and decide. This book offers interdisciplinary background information about these developments and explains how to understand and properly evaluate them. The book is set up for use in interdisciplinary educational programmes. Each chapter provides a structured analysis of the role of privacy within that discipline, its characteristics, themes and debates, as well as current challenges. Disciplinary approaches are presented in such a way that students and researchers from every scientific background can follow the argumentation and enrich their own understanding of privacy issues. |