Transparency and Surveillance as Sociotechnical Accountability: A House of Mirrors (Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society #28)

By: Deborah G. Johnson and Priscilla M. Regan

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Synopsis: Surveillance and transparency are both significant and increasingly pervasive activities in neoliberal societies. Surveillance is taken up as a means to achieving security and efficiency; transparency is seen as a mechanism for ensuring compliance or promoting informed consumerism and informed citizenship. Indeed, transparency is often seen as the antidote to the threats and fears of surveillance. This book adopts a novel approach in examining surveillance practices and transparency practices together as parallel systems of accountability. It presents the house of mirrors as a new framework for understanding surveillance and transparency practices instrumented with information technology. The volume centers around five case studies: Campaign Finance Disclosure, Secure Flight, American Red Cross, Google, and Facebook. A series of themed chapters draw on the material and provide cross-case analysis. The volume ends with a chapter on policy implications.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 190 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781317631866
Related ISBNs:: 9781138797611, 9781315757001, 9781138790735
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/17/22
Copyrighted By:: Deborah G. Johnson, Priscilla M. Regan
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Technology, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Deborah G. Johnson
Edited by:: Priscilla M. Regan