Jean Burgess

Rowan Wilken

Anthony McCosker

Kath Albury

The AI revolution can seem powerful and unstoppable, extracting data from every aspect of our lives and subjecting us to unprecedented surveillance and control. But at ground level, even the most advanced ‘smart’ technologies are not as all-powerful as either the tech companies or their critics would have us believe. From gig worker activism to wellness tracking with sex toys and TikTokers' manipulation of the algorithm, this book shows how ordinary people are negotiating the datafication of society. The book establishes a new theoretical framework for understanding everyday experiences of data and automation, and offers guidance on the ethical responsibilities we share as we learn to live together with data-driven machines. Everyday Data Cultures is essential reading for students and researchers in digital media and communication, as well as for anyone interested in the role of data and AI in society.

Everyday Data Cultures

An accessible and entertaining book which takes a long, hard look at sexual pleasure and the specific nature of straight women's heterosexuality.

Getting Explicit about Heterosex

Yes Means Yes

Explores women's diverse sexual desires and pleasures from a cultural studies perspective. Topics include the ethics and nature of heterosexuality, fetishes, and straight feminism.

Getting explicit about heterosex

Alan McKee

Catharine Lumby

Aspro Alan McKee

True or false? Most porn users are uneducated, lonely and sad old men. All porn is violent. Pornography turns people into rapists and/or paedophiles. Pornography uniformly portrays women as passive objects of men's sexual urges. The Porn Report debunks these and many other misconceptions about porn consumers, producers and the industry at large. In the first comprehensive examination of the production and consumption of pornography in Australia, Alan McKee, Kath Albury and Catharine Lumby present a wide-ranging view of the adult-content industries and its consumers. If you've ever wondered what's in Australia's bestselling 50 porn videos and DVDs; what's behind amateur or do-it-yourself porn; and how porn is produced and distributed, The Porn Report will not only answer your questions, but also surprise you. The authors also discuss feminist responses to pornography and provide important advice to parents on how they can protect their children from cyberstalkers and from viewing online porn. If pornography arouses, repels or simply piques your curiosity, you cannot afford to miss The Porn Report.

Kath Albury

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