I thought to share this short piece on "Surveillance Publishing," which recently appeared on Elephant in the Lab. It's an accessible overview of Elsevier, Clarivate, et al's growing practice of extracting scholars' behavior to sell prediction products back to us:
https://elephantinthelab.org/surveillance-publishing/Jeff
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Jeff Pooley
Professor of Media & Communication, Muhlenberg College
Director, mediastudies.press
jeffpooley.com