Report for: Data Colonialism: Rethinking Big Data’s Relation to the Contemporary Subject

Title	Data Colonialism: Rethinking Big Data’s Relation to the Contemporary Subject
Published in	Television & New Media, September 2018
DOI	10.1177/1527476418796632
Authors	Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias

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Country	Count	As %
United Kingdom	29	18%
United States	14	9%
Australia	5	3%
Peru	4	2%
Switzerland	4	2%
Spain	4	2%
Canada	4	2%
Chile	4	2%
Ecuador	3	2%
Other	31	19%
Unknown	61	37%

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Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	117	72%
Scientists	35	21%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	10	6%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	1	<1%

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Country	Count	As %
Unknown	599	100%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Master	116	19%
Student > Ph. D. Student	101	17%
Researcher	58	10%
Student > Bachelor	37	6%
Student > Doctoral Student	30	5%
Other	101	17%
Unknown	156	26%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Social Sciences	226	38%
Arts and Humanities	68	11%
Computer Science	27	5%
Business, Management and Accounting	23	4%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance	14	2%
Other	68	11%
Unknown	173	29%

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