Datafication

Datafizierung (English datafication ) a modern technological trend that many aspects of our lives is transformed computerized data. Kenneth Neil Cukier and Victor Mayer-Schönberger introduced the English term datafication in 2013.

Examples

Examples of datafication are the way in which Facebook converts connections with users into data or how Google datafies search queries and information requests. LinkedIn converts professional connections into data, and Twitter leverages news and real-time information. In addition, the Waze app datafies information relating to driving behavior and General Electric uses information relating to engines and machines, for example.

Individual evidence

^ Kenneth Neil Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger: The Rise of Big Data . In: Foreign Affairs . May / June 2013, May 1, 2013, ISSN 0015-7120 ( foreignaffairs.com [accessed November 10, 2017]).
↑ Patrick Biltgen, Stephen Ryan: Activity-Based Intelligence: Principles and Applications . Artech House, 2016, ISBN 978-1-60807-877-6 ( google.co.uk [accessed November 10, 2017]).
↑ Josh Bersin: The Datafication of Human Resources . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed November 10, 2017]).

[1] Kenneth Neil Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger: The Rise of Big Data . In: Foreign Affairs . May / June 2013, May 1, 2013, ISSN 0015-7120 ( foreignaffairs.com [accessed November 10, 2017]).

[2] Patrick Biltgen, Stephen Ryan: Activity-Based Intelligence: Principles and Applications . Artech House, 2016, ISBN 978-1-60807-877-6 ( google.co.uk [accessed November 10, 2017]).

[3] Josh Bersin: The Datafication of Human Resources . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed November 10, 2017]).