Ultimate footprint: a day in digital life

Jakobson, J

Abstract

The 'Day in the Digital Life' experiment, conducted Spring 2011 by information systems researchers at Salford Business School, aimed to make sense of the current widespread acceptance of visual and electronic surveillance in the UK. The research also aims to examine what implications this all-pervasive surveillance has on our understanding of notions of privacy, identity, and daily power relations – invoked through the self-regulated gaze of the modern Panopticon. One of the project's main questions was: as the human data trail now begins prior to conception and continues after death, what is the size of our digital footprint in 2011, and how does it relate to our identity?
This short film documents the work of the researchers and participants as they undertook the pilot study for the project.

Citation

Jakobson, J. Ultimate footprint: a day in digital life. [DVD]

• Digital Artefact Type: Video
• Deposit Date: Nov 11, 2011
• Keywords: documentary, surveillance, sousveillance, digital footprint, internet, CCTV, DDL
• Publisher URL: http://vimeo.com/29318160
• Additional Information: Corporate Creators : Hour Glass Productions; Projects : DDL: A Day in the Digital Life