Metric Culture

Metric Culture
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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9781787432895
ISBN-13 : 1787432890
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Book Synopsis Metric Culture by : Btihaj Ajana

Download or read book Metric Culture written by Btihaj Ajana and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data and metrics play an unmistakably powerful role in today’s society. Over the years, their use has expanded to cover almost every sphere of everyday life. This book provides a critical investigation into what we can call a “metric culture” in which practices of self-tracking and quantification have become more popular than ever before.


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