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  • The metric society : on the quantification of the social
    Mau, Steffen, 1968-
    In today's world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From ... annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated. In this book, Steffen Mau offers a critical analysis of this increasingly pervasive phenomenon. While the original intention behind the drive to quantify may have been to build trust and transparency, Mau shows how metrics have in fact become a form of social conditioning. The ubiquitous language of ranking and scoring has changed profoundly our perception of value and status.
    Type of material - book ; adult, serious
    Publication and manufacture - Cambridge : Medford : Polity Press, 2019
    Language - english
    ISBN - 978-1-5095-3040-3; 978-1-5095-3041-0
    COBISS.SI-ID - 36498525

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FSS, J. Goričar Central Social Sciences Library, Ljubljana Ljubljana ODKLJ restricted loan – outside loan 1 cop.
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