Surveillance in the Digital Society

Griffiths, Marie; McLean, Rachel; Eneman, Marie

Abstract

Surveillance is not a new phenomenon, digitalization has however enabled surveillance of a magnitude we have not seen before. On social media people share the intimacies of their lives, leading to a huge repository of information. Additionally the volume of digital surveillance devices, such as stationary surveillance systems (CCTV), mobile devices such as smartphones, body-worn cameras, cameras in cars, drones and a variety of sensors. The development in algorithms and artificial intelligence, advances also the analytical step in surveillance, for example by face and motion recognition. The workshop invites short papers that reflect upon surveillance in the digital society by looking at how these practices are constructed, organised, experienced and regulated. A non-exhaustive list of different angles may include (but are not limited to):

Self-surveillance - The attention one pays to one’s behaviour whilst, actuality or virtuality, being observed.

Organizational surveillance - Digitized work-places enabling the monitoring of employees, partners, and customers posing ethical dilemmas

Societal surveillance - The disproportionate, unlimited citizen online monitoring, enabled by new anti-terrorism laws, criticized for turning citizens into suspects.

Sousveillance - The act of surveilling others as they surveil you

Resistance towards surveillance - The use of strategies to avoid or disrupt the surveillance mechanisms

Citation

Griffiths, M., McLean, R., & Eneman, M. (2019, June). Surveillance in the Digital Society. Presented at ECIS 2019, Sweden

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: ECIS 2019
• Conference Location: Sweden
• Start Date: Jun 10, 2019
• End Date: Jun 11, 2019
• Deposit Date: Aug 27, 2024
• Keywords: digital society, privacy, surveillance
• Publisher URL: http://ecis2019.eu/programme/workshops-and-tutorials/surveillance-in-the-digital-society-1.421392