The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
- 1. What term does Zuboff use to describe the commodification of personal data?
A) Data Monetization
B) Surveillance Capitalism
C) Digital Economy
D) Information Age
- 2. Zuboff argues that surveillance capitalism threatens which of the following?
A) Globalization
B) Privacy
C) Economic Growth
D) Employment
- 3. What type of behavioral data do companies primarily collect?
A) User interactions
B) Political beliefs
C) Medical records
D) Financial information
- 4. In what decade did surveillance capitalism begin to emerge?
A) 2010s
B) 1980s
C) 2000s
D) 1990s
- 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) Trade
C) Education
D) Technology
- 7. What is the primary ethical concern related to surveillance capitalism?
A) Consumer debt
B) Job automation
C) Exploitation of personal data
D) Economic inequality
- 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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