Fund Drive Special: Smartphones and the Frontiers of Surveillance
Smartphones have rapidly become a necessity in the U.S., including for the working poor. During Covid, we\u2019re using them more than ever to work \u2014 if we\u2019re lucky enough to still have work \u2014 or to stay in touch with each other. Sociologist Nicole Aschoff argues that much of the discourse about our personal use of phones misses the centrality of capitalism. She also discusses smartphone surveillance during the coronavirus.\nResources:\nNicole Aschoff, The Smartphone Society: Technology, Power, and Resistance in the New Gilded Age Beacon Press, 2020\nThe post Fund Drive Special: Smartphones and the Frontiers of Surveillance appeared first on KPFA.