Mistrust Issues

Garfield Benjamin

ISBN 10: 152923087X / ISBN 13: 9781529230871

Published by Bristol University Press, GB, 2023

About this Item

We are often expected to trust technologies, and how they are used, even if we have good reason not to. There is no room to mistrust.Exploring relations between trust and mistrust in the context of data, AI and technology at large, this book defines a process of 'trustification' used by governments, corporations, researchers and the media to legitimize exploitation and increase inequalities.Aimed at social scientists, computer scientists and public policy, the book aptly reveals how trust is operationalized and converted into a metric in order to extract legitimacy from populations and support the furthering of technology to manage society.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mistrust Issues
• Publisher: Bristol University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 152923087X
• ISBN 13: 9781529230871
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

We are often expected to trust technologies, and how they are used, even if we have good reason not to. There is no room to mistrust.

Exploring relations between trust and mistrust in the context of data, AI and technology at large, this book defines a process of ‘trustification’ used by governments, corporations, researchers and the media to legitimize exploitation and increase inequalities.

Aimed at social scientists, computer scientists and public policy, the book aptly reveals how trust is operationalized and converted into a metric in order to extract legitimacy from populations and support the furthering of technology to manage society.

About the Author

Garfield Benjamin is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Solent University, Southampton.