Dataclysm - Love, Sex, and Identity - What Our Online Lives Tells Us About Our Offline Selves
Autor*in: Rudder, Christian
Jahr: 2014
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 304 S.
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- Inhalt:
- An irreverent, provocative, and visually fascinating look at what our online lives reveal about who we really are--and how this deluge of data will transform the science of human behavior. Big Data is used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us things we don't need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder puts this flood of information to an entirely different use: understanding human nature. Drawing on terabytes of data from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, OkCupid, and many other sites, Rudder examines the terrain of human experience. He charts the rise and fall of America's most reviled word through Google Search, examines the new dynamics of collaborative rage on Twitter, and traces human migration over time, showing how groups of people move from certain small towns to the same big cities across the globe. And he grapples with the challenge of maintaining privacy in a world where these explorations are possible. Audacious, entertaining, and illuminating, Dataclysm is a portrait of our essential selves--and a first look at a revolution in the making. --
- Christian Rudder is a co-founder and former president of the dating site OkCupid, where he authored the popular OkTrends blog. He graduated from Harvard in 1998 with a degree in math and later served as creative director for SparkNotes. He has appeared on Dateline NBC and NPR's "All Things Considered" and his work has been written about in the New York Times and the New Yorker, among other places. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Dataclysm - Love, Sex, and Identity - What Our Online Lives Tells Us About Our Offline Selves
Autor*in: Rudder, Christian
Verlag: Random House Digital
ISBN: 9780385347389
Kategorie: Sachmedien & Ratgeber, Gesellschaft, Sozialwissenschaft
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage