Commodification, datafication and smart cities: An ethical exploration

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dc.authoridYuksekdag, Yusuf/0000-0003-2867-1212
dc.authorwosidYuksekdag, Yusuf/AAO-6181-2020
dc.contributor.authorYuksekdag, Yusuf
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:55:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:55:13Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractSmart cities are a seminal example of data-driven governance that relies on the efficient and networked use of big data in managing urban life to achieve sustainable economic growth. Datafication is considered commodifying various personal information and goods and different aspects of our urban milieu. There is a concern about the commodification-smart city nexus among communication and urban studies scholars concerning its effects on public governance and social segregation, but limited attention is given to it in the ethical literature that targets implications of datafication on privacy. This paper provides an analytical framework to explore ethical considerations for commodification in smart urban systems. The goal is to contribute to incorporating justice-related considerations into the decisionmaking processes of urban policy development. This paper first revisits the commodification concept and its features. This is followed by a discussion of how datafication can be considered the underlying process of data-driven urban solutions that might exacerbate commodifying processes. Later, different types of commodification are discussed using smart street lights as a generic case. Lastly, different ethical perspectives are presented to discuss the basis of the wrong of commodification in the case of smart city design, along with suggestions stemming from concern over social equality.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07352166.2024.2309290
dc.identifier.issn0735-2166
dc.identifier.issn1467-9906
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85184406620en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2309290
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8782
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001156672200001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Urban Affairsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCommodificationen_US
dc.subjectCommunication Technologiesen_US
dc.subjectDataficationen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.subjectSmart Citiesen_US
dc.subjectBig Dataen_US
dc.subjectCityen_US
dc.subjectTimeen_US
dc.titleCommodification, datafication and smart cities: An ethical exploration
dc.typeArticle

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