{"title":"Jer Thorp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJer Thorp\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the complex relationship between data and society, offering insightful perspectives on how we interact with the digital world. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eLiving in Data\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers to reconsider the impact of data on personal and collective identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese books serve as thoughtful guides for those interested in the intersections of information, technology, and culture, providing a nuanced understanding that blends education with critical reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"living-in-data-by-jer-thorp-9781250849151","title":"Living in Data","description":"Jer Thorp's analysis of the word \"data\" in 10,325 New York Times stories written between 1984 and 2018 shows a distinct trend: among the words most closely associated with \"data,\" we find not only its classic companions \"information\" and \"digital,\" but also a variety of new neighbors-from \"scandal\" and \"misinformation\" to \"ethics,\" \"friends,\" and \"play.\"\n\nTo live in data in the twenty-first century is to be incessantly extracted from, classified and categorized, statistic-ified, sold, and surveilled. Data-our data-is mined and processed for profit, power, and political gain. In Living in Data, Thorp asks a crucial question for our time: How do we stop passively inhabiting data, and instead become active citizens of it?\n\nThreading a data story through hippo attacks, glaciers, and school gymnasiums, around colossal rice piles, and over active minefields, Jer Thorp reminds us that the future of data is still wide open, that there are ways to transcend facts and figures to engage more viscerally with data, and that there are always new stories to be told about how data can be used.\n\nPunctuated with Thorp's original and informative illustrations, Living in Data not only redefines what data is, but also reimagines who gets to speak its language and how to use its power to create a more just and democratic future. Timely and inspiring, Living in Data gives us a much-needed path forward.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242918588652,"sku":"9781250849151","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250849151-living-in-data-1.jpg?v=1787978063"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/jer-thorp.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}