Data Troubles

Digital Distribution in the Platform Economy

The landscape of digital distribution has presented “data troubles” of all varieties for the media industries. As we collectively develop new paradigms for understanding how distribution works in a global, digital ecosystem of connected viewing, the market for film and television content has become increasingly imbricated with the international circulation and trade of data. And for content providers, even as distinctions between screen industries are rapidly eroding in the […]

Exploring Surveillance Culture

It seems to make sense — though it might be annoying — when you receive internet ads that seem to match your interests, just after you clicked on a site for household tools or exotic vacations. This is a commonplace, unremarkable online event in the early twenty-first century. But what about old-fashioned email? Can corporate surveillance track you there? Surely. Commercial emails contain a high density of third-party trackers. [1] […]