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Transparency and Surveillance as Sociotechnical Accountability: A House of Mirrors - Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society Deborah G Johnson 1st edition
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Transparency and Surveillance as Sociotechnical Accountability: A House of Mirrors - Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
Deborah G Johnson
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.
202 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 14, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138790735 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 202 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 430 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Johnson, Deborah G. |
| Editor | Regan, Priscilla M. (George Mason University) |
