User Data on the Social Web: Authorship, Agency, and Appropriation

Autor/in	Reyman, Jessica
Titel	User Data on the Social Web: Authorship, Agency, and Appropriation
Quelle	In: College English, 75 (2013) 5, S.513-533 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0994
Schlagwörter	Internet; Information Policy; Policy Analysis; Access to Information; Information Management; Ownership; Information Networks; Social Networks; Educational Practices; Information Utilization; Social Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Eigentum; Informationsnetz; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Bildungspraxis; Informationsnutzung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten
Abstract	Social web services catalog users' activities across the Internet, aggregating, analyzing, and selling a vast array of user data to be used largely for consumer profiling and target marketing. This article interrogates the tacit agreements and terms-of-use policies that govern who owns user data, how it circulates, and how it can be used. Relying on problematic assumptions about the authorship of social data, data-mining practices and technology policies unquestioningly place ownership in the hands of technology companies and compel users to surrender control over their own contributions on the social web. This article explores the implications of the practices and policies surrounding data management for composition and participation on the social web and argues for a more balanced distribution of rights to user data. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10