The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
  • 1. What term does Zuboff use to describe the commodification of personal data?
A) Surveillance Capitalism
B) Digital Economy
C) Information Age
D) Data Monetization
  • 2. Zuboff argues that surveillance capitalism threatens which of the following?
A) Economic Growth
B) Globalization
C) Employment
D) Privacy
  • 3. What type of behavioral data do companies primarily collect?
A) Political beliefs
B) Financial information
C) Medical records
D) User interactions
  • 4. In what decade did surveillance capitalism begin to emerge?
A) 2000s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2010s
  • 5. What does Zuboff suggest is essential to combat surveillance capitalism?
A) Increased competition
B) Corporate responsibility
C) Consumer obedience
D) Regulatory frameworks
  • 6. Zuboff claims that surveillance capitalism undermines which social concept?
A) Technology
B) Democracy
C) Trade
D) Education
  • 7. What is the primary ethical concern related to surveillance capitalism?
A) Job automation
B) Exploitation of personal data
C) Economic inequality
D) Consumer debt
  • 8. Zuboff's book is a critique of which broader social phenomenon?
A) Global trade
B) Capitalist markets
C) Social media
D) Surveillance
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