Pushing Back Against the Power Grab of Big Data, with Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias

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🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Who owns and profits from our data, both big and small, has become one of the defining issues of the post-internet age. In their new book, Data Grab, critical media theorist Ulises A. Mejias and sociologist of media and culture Nick Couldry argue that big tech companies are taking away private citizens' most basic natural online resource and in the process establishing a new form of oppressive digital colonialism. Joining them to discuss the book is the writer and presenter Timandra Harkness, whose own books include Big Data: Does Size Matter? And the recent Technology is Not the Problem. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/IS for £100 sponsored credit. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all of our longer form interviews and Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Welcome to Intelligence Squared where great minds meet. I'm head of programming, Connor Boyle.
1:06.0	For this episode we're talking about the future of data, the big kind wielded by tech giants,
1:11.0	on the smaller kinds generated by you and me.
1:14.0	We'll be hearing from two leading minds in the field, the authors of the new book Data Grab.
1:18.8	Here's our host, the writer and presenter to Mandra Harkness, whose own books include big data, does size matter, and the recent technology is not the problem.
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1:29.6	Our guests today are Nick Koldry and Ulysses A Mejias.
1:33.6	Nick is the professor of media communications and social theory at LSE, a sociologist of media and
1:40.0	culture, author or editor of 16 books and many, many journal articles and book chapters.
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