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This book explores commodification processes of personal data and provides a critical framing of the ongoing debate of privacy in the Internet age, using the example of social media and referring to interviews with users. It advocates and expands upon two main theses: First, people’s privacy is structurally invaded in contemporary informational capitalism. Second, the best response to this problem is not accomplished by invoking the privacy framework as it stands, because it is itself part of the problematic nexus that it struggles against. Informational capitalism poses weighty problems for making the Internet a truly social medium, and aspiring to sustainable privacy simultaneously means to struggle against alienation and exploitation. In the last instance, this means opposing the capitalist form of association – online and offline. Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis is the only book on the market to provide a diverse collection of perspectives, from experienced researchers, on the role of the Critical Period Hypothesis in second language acquisition. It is widely believed that age effects in both first and second language acquisition are developmental in nature, with native levels of attainment in both to be though possible only if learning began before the closure of a "window of opportunity" - a critical or sensitive period. These seven chapters explore this idea at length, with each contribution acting as an authoritative look at various domains of inquiry in second language acquisition, including syntax, morphology, phonetics/phonology, Universal Grammar, and neurofunctional factors. By presenting readers with an evenly-balanced take on the topic with viewpoints both for and against the Critical Period Hypothesis, this book is the ideal guide to understanding this critical body of research in SLA, for students and researchers in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 1 Introduction......Page 16 2 The Empirical Study: Critical Social Research on Social Media......Page 43 3 Privacy in Informational Capitalism......Page 62 4 Privacy Theories......Page 125 5 Privacy and Ideology......Page 163 6 Alternatives......Page 213 Appendix......Page 258 Grounded In Qualitative Empirical Research About Social Media Users' Attitudes Towards Privacy And Surveillance Issues, This Book Contributes To A Critical Theory Of Information Capitalism By Exploring The Commodification Of Privacy And Personal Data, Providing A Critical Framing Of The Ongoing Debate Over Privacy In The Internet Age.