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Data in Global Capitalism

Naboulsi, Nuura Helena LU (2019) STVK12 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The digital age is witnessing an emergence of data practices, which pertain to the extraction and commodification of data within global capitalism. While there remains conceptual confusion over this phenomenon, critical studies have began to identify emerging issues related to digital development. Few accounts have attempted to frame the wide societal transformation in a holistic manner. This research employs world-systems analysis to investigate how data extraction affects global capitalism through a comparative case study of Computer Crime Act in Thailand; data relations in Africa; and development cooperation. The analysis and discussion of this research explores the core-periphery dynamics of data extraction in the Global South and... (More)
The digital age is witnessing an emergence of data practices, which pertain to the extraction and commodification of data within global capitalism. While there remains conceptual confusion over this phenomenon, critical studies have began to identify emerging issues related to digital development. Few accounts have attempted to frame the wide societal transformation in a holistic manner. This research employs world-systems analysis to investigate how data extraction affects global capitalism through a comparative case study of Computer Crime Act in Thailand; data relations in Africa; and development cooperation. The analysis and discussion of this research explores the core-periphery dynamics of data extraction in the Global South and discusses their potential interconnectedness within the capitalist world-economy. The findings suggest that current data practices are witnessed in various ways in different parts of the system, that essentially constitute a connected world-economy. It is further suggested that in this point of time the system reproduces certain inequalities inherent to its function, and that the associated data practices are bringing fundamental changes to the world-system. (Less)
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author
Naboulsi, Nuura Helena LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK12 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
data extraction, big data, digital age, world-systems, global capitalism, D4D, Global South
language
English
id
8978231
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:10:42
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2022-11-21 11:50:32
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  abstract     = {{The digital age is witnessing an emergence of data practices, which pertain to the extraction and commodification of data within global capitalism. While there remains conceptual confusion over this phenomenon, critical studies have began to identify emerging issues related to digital development. Few accounts have attempted to frame the wide societal transformation in a holistic manner. This research employs world-systems analysis to investigate how data extraction affects global capitalism through a comparative case study of Computer Crime Act in Thailand; data relations in Africa; and development cooperation. The analysis and discussion of this research explores the core-periphery dynamics of data extraction in the Global South and discusses their potential interconnectedness within the capitalist world-economy. The findings suggest that current data practices are witnessed in various ways in different parts of the system, that essentially constitute a connected world-economy. It is further suggested that in this point of time the system reproduces certain inequalities inherent to its function, and that the associated data practices are bringing fundamental changes to the world-system.}},
  author       = {{Naboulsi, Nuura Helena}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Data in Global Capitalism}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}