{"product_id":"the-triumph-of-profiling-the-self-in-digital-culture-hardback-9781509536290","title":"The Triumph of Profiling; The Self in Digital Culture (Hardback) 9781509536290","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Triumph of Profiling\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Self in Digital Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndreas Bernard (Author), Valentine A. Pakis (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509536290, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How did surveillance technologies evolve from a sinister past in the panopticon prison or the state police to a contemporary scenario where tracking apps run ubiquitously on the mobile phones of billions of people? In this engaging cultural history of measurement and quantification technologies, Andreas Bernard shows how the technology of profiling migrated from criminology into mainstream use, and how the Web changed from a mythology of mobility and boundlessness to one of location and fixity. Have we fulfilled the dreams of totalitarian governments? Or does today's infrastructure facilitate some other, new form of society?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander R. Galloway, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Interface Effect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A valuable commentary on modern digital life.“\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times Advisor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil fairly recently, only serial killers and lunatics had profiles. Yet today, almost everyone is profiled through social media, mobile phones, and a multitude of other methods. But where does the idea of “profiling” come from, how has it changed over time, and what are its implications? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Andreas Bernard examines contemporary profiling’s roots in late-nineteenth-century criminology, psychology, and psychiatry. Data collection techniques previously used exclusively by police or to identify groups of people are now applied to all individuals in society. GPS transmitters and measuring devices are now unconsciously embraced to have fun, communicate, make money, or even find a partner. Drawing perceptive parallels between modern technologies and their antecedents, Bernard shows how we have unwittingly internalized what were once instruments of external control and repression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis illuminating genealogy of contemporary digital culture will be of interest to students and scholars in media and communication, and to anyone concerned about the power technologies hold over our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; font-size: 11px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e1. Profiles: The Development of a Format\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Conceptual History of the Profile in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Triumph of the Self-Made Profile\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProfiles and the Culture of Job Applications\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConstants of External Control\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCyberspace and Profiles: From the Boundless to the Captive Self\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2. Locations: GPS and the Aesthetics of Suspicion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe History of Satellite Navigation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOn the Way to Locating Individuals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eParadoxes of Location\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eElectronic Ankle Bracelets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLocation-Based Games\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3. Cavity Searches: Bodily Measurements and the Quantified-Self Movement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFitbit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGenealogies of Self-Tracking\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMeasuring, Classifying, Discriminating\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntrospection and Data Generation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLifting the Veil\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWitnesses for the Prosecution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4. The Forgotten Fear of Registration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Drama of the Census\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Police as a Catalyst of Electronic Registration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Semantics of the Net\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Glamour of Datafication\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1984 from Today’s Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStigmatization and Self-Design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5. The Power of Internalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompetitive Individuality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Governability of the Self in Digital Culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441796509976,"sku":"9781509536290","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509536290.jpg?v=1785025860","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-triumph-of-profiling-the-self-in-digital-culture-hardback-9781509536290","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}