The triumph of profiling : the self in digital culture / Andreas Bernard ; translated by Valentine A. Pakis.
| Author/creator | Bernard, Andreas, 1969- author. |
| Other author | Pakis, Valentine A. translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019. |
| Description | vi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes. English |
| Contents | Profiles : The development of a format -- A conceptual history of the profile in the twentieth century -- The triumph of the self-made profile -- Profiles and the culture of job applications -- Constants of external control -- Cyberspace and profiles : from the boundless to the captive self -- Locations : GPS and the aesthetics of suspicion -- The history of satellite navigation -- On the way to locating individuals -- Paradoxes of location -- Electronic ankle bracelets -- Location-based games -- Cavity searches : bodily measurements and the quantified-self movement -- Fitbit -- Genealogies of self-tracking -- Measuring, classifying, discriminating -- Introspection and data generation -- Lifting the veil -- Witnesses for the prosecution -- The forgotten fear of registration -- The drama of the census -- The police as a catalyst of electronic registration -- The semantics of the net -- The glamour of datafication -- From today's perspective -- Stigmatization and self-design -- The power of internalization -- Competitive individuality -- The governability of the self in digital culture. |
| General note | Translation of: Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | Translated from the German. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Bernard, Andreas, 1969- author. Triumph of profiling Cambridge : Polity Press, 2019 9781509536313 |
| LCCN | 2018050589 |
| ISBN | 9781509536290 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1509536299 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781509536306 paperback |
| ISBN | 1509536302 paperback |
| Standard identifier# | 40029256356 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM1066 .B4713 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |