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