Data Action Data Action

Data Action

Using Data for Public Good

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Publisher Description

How to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression.

Big data can be used for good, from tracking disease to exposing human rights violations, and for bad, implementing surveillance and control. Data inevitably represents the ideologies of those who control its use; data analytics and algorithms too often exclude women, the poor, and ethnic groups. In Data Action, Sarah Williams provides a guide for working with data in more ethical and responsible ways. Too often data has been used--and manipulated--to make policy decisions without much stakeholder input. Williams outlines a method that emphasizes collaboration among data scientists, policy experts, data designers, and the public. This approach creates trust and co-ownership in the data by opening the process to those who know the issues best.

GENRE
Computers & Internet
RELEASED
2020
December 8
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
312
Pages
PUBLISHER
MIT Press
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
39.6
MB
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