The emergence of surveillance societies in the western world: Toward the year 2000

Flaherty, David H.

doi:10.1016/0740-624x(88)90026-3

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“…In parallel, the concept of ‘surveillance society’ developed (Marx, 1985; Flaherty, 1988; Weingarten, 1988; Flaherty, 1989; Gandy, 1989; Lyon, 1994, 2001). Surveillance is usefully defined as the systematic investigation or monitoring of the actions or communications of one or more persons.…”

Section: Precursorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risks inherent in the digital surveillance economy: A research agenda

Clarke

2019

Journal of Information Technology

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The digitisation of data about the world relevant to business has given rise to a new phase of digitalisation of business itself. The digitisation of data about people has linked with the notions of information society, surveillance society, surveillance state and surveillance capitalism, and given rise to what is referred to in this article as the digital surveillance economy. At the heart of this is a new form of business model that is predicated on the acquisition and consolidation of very large volumes of personal data, and its exploitation to target advertisements, manipulate consumer behaviour, and price goods and services at the highest level that each individual is willing to bear. In the words of the model’s architects, users are ‘bribed’ and ‘induced’ to make their data available at minimal cost to marketers. The digital surveillance economy harbours serious threats to the interests of individuals, societies and polities. That in turn creates risks for corporations. The new economic wave may prove to be a tsunami that swamps the social dimension and washes away the last five centuries’ individualism and humanism. Alternatively, institutional adaptation might occur, overcoming the worst of the negative impacts; or a breaking-point could be reached and consumers might rebel against corporate domination. A research agenda is proposed, to provide a framework within which alternative scenarios can be investigated.

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Section: Precursorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risks inherent in the digital surveillance economy: A research agenda

Clarke

2019

Journal of Information Technology

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“…31 Representatives of Eastern European countries attended a Conference on data protection in Budapest in May 1990, signifying their concerns. Yet, in Sweden there is a high degree of automation of personal information and none is considered confidential under the Freedom of the Press Act.…”

Section: Privacyldata Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Strategy for International Information Policy

Bender¹

1993

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A global Information society has developed. It is essential that Information principles and policies are adopted that protect economic and social advancement and cultural differences for all nations. Strategies to guide the development of policies at the international level could take a three-tiered approach. The top tier would include overarching global principles that govern accessibility and sharing of Information; interconnected telecommunications; and applicability and transferability of research in Information sciences, education and training. The second tier would address many of these concerns at the regional (i.e., European (EC), Asian (ASEAN) level. The third tier would consist of national policies governing Information activities within borders, and their relationships with those of other nations. A large number of issues will need to be addressed before workable policies can be put into place. These include Information technology development and use, transborder data flow, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, trade and the Information industry, government and private sector relationships, database access, libraries, scientific and technical Information, telecommunications, Standards, and education and training. Many of these issues carry with them legal concerns which, though necessary, may be more difficult in the international context. Policies called for here will be impacted by differences in economics, politics and culture in the various regions of the world: the developed and developing nations in North America and Europe, the Far East and Pacific Rim, and the lesser developed nations around the world.

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“…Regardless of what the textbooks say, there does not need to be a client in order for ideas from policy analysis to resonate through the policy environment. 10 Certainly there is room to make our politics more inclusive. But those critics who see policy analysis as a tool of the power elite might be less concerned if they understood that analysts are only adding to the debate-they are unlikely to be handing ready-made policy solutions to elite decisionmakers for implementation.…”

Section: Conclusion: the Future Of Policy Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Policy analysis is used, far more extensively than is commonly believed. Its use 10 The breadth of analysis that was cited in the House committee reports convinces me that we are well beyond the client-analyst model, even as that model continues to be taught in graduate schools. The ideas of an army of analysts from universities, think tanks, lobby groups, executive branch offices, state and local governments, and elsewhere found their way into the rooms and halls of Congress, whether or not there was any immediate "client" who found use for the analysis.…”

Section: Conclusion: the Future Of Policy Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%