...Stefano Calzati Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the epistemological tensions embedded within big data and data-driven technologies to advance a socio-political reconsideration of the public dimension in the assessment of their implementation. Design/methodology/approach...

...Chi Kwok; Ngai Keung Chan Purpose This study aims to develop an interdisciplinary political theory of data justice by connecting three major political theories of the public good with empirical studies about the functions of big data and offering normative principles for restricting and guiding...

... rested on underlying ethical commitments to equality and gender equality, as well as to basic human rights more broadly – coupled with an implicit but clear ethical imperative to protect, if not enhance those rights. Utilitarianism Social media Big data Deontology Virtue ethics Care ethics...

... Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Big data Democracy Hate speech Disinformation Freedom of speech The Brazilian elections in 2018 represent an authentic model in Latin America where, in a post-Cambridge Analytica phase, the myth of the sanctity...

... inequality frameworks to include this new dimension. Design/methodology/approach Literature on digital inequalities is combined with research on privacy, big data and algorithms. The focus on current findings from an interdisciplinary point of view allows for a synthesis of different perspectives...

... at: isshsl@nus.edu.sg Innovation Government Collaboration Big data Digital technology Smart cities With the increasing number of the world’s population moving to and living in cities, there has been a growing movement for smart cities. The rapid growth of smart cities has reignited interest...

...Tobias Matzner Purpose – Ubiquitous computing and “big data” have been widely recognized as requiring new concepts of privacy and new mechanisms to protect it. While improved concepts of privacy have been suggested, the paper aims to argue that people acting in full conformity to those privacy...