Student use of ICTs: "How does economic and political surveillance frame social networking site usage?
Posted by Celia Walter | 30 Jan, 2009
Social Networking Sites and the Surveillance Society
Social Networking Sites and the Surveillance Society is an ICT&S Center Research Report by Christian Fuchs who is Associate Professor at the ICT&S Centre at the University of Salzburg. In this report Professor Fuchs focuses on student use of ICTs and addresses the questions: "How does economic and political surveillance frame social networking site usage?"; "How critical are students about the potential surveillance by state and corporation?"; and "How does it influence students’ attitudes towards new media such as social networking platforms?". The report recommends that scholars, educators and concerned activists should demonstrate "how citizens are immediately affected by surveillance by engaging in activities such as using the Internet, using social networking sites, using mobile phones, leaving data traces in everyday life, etc" and document instances where privacy has been compromised. The report is in pdf format which requires Adobe Acrobat software to access. From Intute.ac.uk
http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at/SNS_Surveillance_Fuchs.pdf
Social Networking Sites and the Surveillance Society is an ICT&S Center Research Report by Christian Fuchs who is Associate Professor at the ICT&S Centre at the University of Salzburg. In this report Professor Fuchs focuses on student use of ICTs and addresses the questions: "How does economic and political surveillance frame social networking site usage?"; "How critical are students about the potential surveillance by state and corporation?"; and "How does it influence students’ attitudes towards new media such as social networking platforms?". The report recommends that scholars, educators and concerned activists should demonstrate "how citizens are immediately affected by surveillance by engaging in activities such as using the Internet, using social networking sites, using mobile phones, leaving data traces in everyday life, etc" and document instances where privacy has been compromised. The report is in pdf format which requires Adobe Acrobat software to access. From Intute.ac.uk
http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at/SNS_Surveillance_Fuchs.pdf