Infrastructures, economy and informational politics: the case of google suite for education
This article examines the context and possible sociopolitical effects of the adoption of corporate communication technology infrastructures and services in educational contexts, particularly in the higher education sector in Brazil. We analyze the specific case of public universities in Brazil and t...
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina
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| description | This article examines the context and possible sociopolitical effects of the adoption of corporate communication technology infrastructures and services in educational contexts, particularly in the higher education sector in Brazil. We analyze the specific case of public universities in Brazil and their agreements with Google for the use of its application suite. We aim to refelct on the economics and politics of information, based on the mechanisms of data control and surveillance, and to question the emergence of new forms of knowledge and the exercise of power. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-481b5ce8b4b34b25be50eaad3110c26b2022-12-21T23:12:19ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaMediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais2176-66652018-07-01231639910.5433/2176-6665.2018v23n1p6317425Infrastructures, economy and informational politics: the case of google suite for educationHenrique Parra0Leonardo Cruz1Tel Amiel2Jorge Machado3Universidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMPUniversidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMPUniversidade de São PauloThis article examines the context and possible sociopolitical effects of the adoption of corporate communication technology infrastructures and services in educational contexts, particularly in the higher education sector in Brazil. We analyze the specific case of public universities in Brazil and their agreements with Google for the use of its application suite. We aim to refelct on the economics and politics of information, based on the mechanisms of data control and surveillance, and to question the emergence of new forms of knowledge and the exercise of power.http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/32320googleinfraestruturaprivacidadevigilânciacontroleeconomia informacional. |
| spellingShingle | Henrique Parra Leonardo Cruz Tel Amiel Jorge Machado Infrastructures, economy and informational politics: the case of google suite for education Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais infraestrutura privacidade vigilância controle economia informacional. |
| title | Infrastructures, economy and informational politics: the case of google suite for education |
| title_full | Infrastructures, economy and informational politics: the case of google suite for education |
| title_fullStr | Infrastructures, economy and informational politics: the case of google suite for education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infrastructures, economy and informational politics: the case of google suite for education |
| title_short | Infrastructures, economy and informational politics: the case of google suite for education |
| title_sort | infrastructures economy and informational politics the case of google suite for education |
| topic | google infraestrutura privacidade vigilância controle economia informacional. |
| url | http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/32320 |
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