Information School lecturer Dr Susan Oman's new book 'Understanding Well-being Data' is out now, with a launch event happening today . The book, available in open access here , has received endorsements from many in the field: “Given their power and influence, we might wonder how we feel about data and how data make us feel. In considering the relations between data and well-being, Susan Oman's vital new book considers what data now mean for our lives, opportunities, judgments and, crucially, for our impressions of our selves. Taking a critical approach, this book makes the crucial step of not just thinking of how data shape well-being but also how well-being itself is redefined by data processes.” - Prof. David Beer, Professor of Sociology, University of York “To understand well-being is to understand current cultural policy; it is also to understand the new language of data and metrics at the heart of how culture is governed. Understanding Well-being Data offers an es...
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