Open AccessReview of Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Author(s) -
Kirstie Ball
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
surveillance and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.781
H-Index - 46
ISSN - 1477-7487
DOI - 10.24908/ss.v17i1/2.13126
Subject(s) - capitalism , lexicon , intersection (aeronautics) , political science , economic history , sociology , political economy , history , computer science , law , artificial intelligence , geography , politics , cartography
This essay reviews The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshanna Zuboff. The review explores the themes of the book and their intersection with surveillance studies. It focuses on how a securitisation lexicon pervades the text and on the ways in which insecurities drive the expansion of mass surveillance.