Societies Online, Part 1 (with Siva Vaidhyanathan)

What kind of social space are we inhabiting when we’re online? How do practices like data collection, data brokering, and surveillance underwrite the “free” services we enjoy? And who gets hit hardest by the privacy violations that are becoming increasingly commonplace?   Two leading scholars who study online media take a critical look at both [...]Read More...

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Public Books 101 takes a scholarly look at a world worth studying. In each mini-series, world-class scholars and writers join our host to examine a single topic from many angles, opening a window into the conversations that experts are having with one another about the urgent issues and problems facing us today. Public Books 101 is a production of Public Books, a magazine of arts, scholarship, and ideas. Visit www.publicbooks.org/podcast for more information about the show, including a reading list designed by our guests.