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Metric Culture

Metric Culture

Btihaj Ajana

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Emerald Publishing Ltd
Año de edición:
2020
Materia
Estudios de comunicación
ISBN:
9781787544581
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Data and metrics play an unmistakably powerful role in today’s society. Over the years, their use has expanded to cover almost every sphere of everyday life. This book provides a critical investigation into what we can call a 'metric culture' in which practices of self-tracking and quantification have become more popular than ever before.

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