The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Data-Driven Smart Urbanism: On Post-Pandemic Governance through the Prism of the Logic of Surveillance Capitalism
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Escalating Trends Driving Smart Cities and the Global Architecture of the Computer Mediation of the Metaverse
3. Surveillance Capitalism: Rationales, Risks, Pitfalls, and Gains
3.1. Governance and Governmentality in Post-Pandemic Urban Society
3.2. The Financial Gains and Market Capitalization of the Metaverse
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Bibri, S.E.; Allam, Z. The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Data-Driven Smart Urbanism: On Post-Pandemic Governance through the Prism of the Logic of Surveillance Capitalism. Smart Cities 2022, 5, 715-727. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities5020037
Bibri SE, Allam Z. The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Data-Driven Smart Urbanism: On Post-Pandemic Governance through the Prism of the Logic of Surveillance Capitalism. Smart Cities. 2022; 5(2):715-727. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities5020037
Chicago/Turabian StyleBibri, Simon Elias, and Zaheer Allam. 2022. "The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Data-Driven Smart Urbanism: On Post-Pandemic Governance through the Prism of the Logic of Surveillance Capitalism" Smart Cities 5, no. 2: 715-727. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities5020037