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