Comments on: I'm looking for journal articles about the social implications of electronic surveillance in public spaces.

Question: I'm looking for journal articles about the social implications of electronic surveillance in public spaces.

Hegemonic — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:40:39 -0800

I'm looking for journal articles about the social implications of electronic surveillance in public spaces. [mi]

I'm doing my own research on the subject, but my guess is that some MeFites already know far more about it than I do. Can anyone point me to some particularly good journal articles, or even just journals that publish a lot of relevant articles? No random web resources, please, unless they're extraordinarily good.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:04:49 -0800

I did a paper about privacy rights awhile ago. If you're interested, I have physical copies of some fantastic philosophical work in the field, which is often much more concerned with the fundamental underlying significance rather than the shallower depths addressed by political talking heads and the like.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it's available online, but if you want I'll post the names of the authors and whatever information I have on the books it appeared in (most of the material I have was photocopied for a contemporary philosophy course I took).

By: i_am_joe's_spleen

i_am_joe's_spleen — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:13:31 -0800

Seriously, ask a librarian. This is their field of expertise.

By: whatzit

whatzit — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:16:58 -0800

Have you considered searching slashdot? (joking!)

Actually, I was going to suggest IEEE. They have a journal for everything, including Technology and Society. If anywhere there are authoritative articles, there are some at IEEE.

I'd also recommend
James Willis and Susan S. Silbey, "Self, Surveillance and Society," The Sociological Quarterly , Volume 43. No. 3 pp.439-445.

And, for some different focuses:

Barry Schwartz, "The Social Psychology of Privacy" American Journal of Sociology, 73, 741-752, 1968 (old school!)

Robert Ellis Smith, "Ben Franklin's Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet" Privacy Journal, 2000.

This is a really big topic, but these are at least a start, and their bibliographies will give some new material. I second the librarian comment.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:33:56 -0800

Here are a couple until I can find a list of some of the others (the one by Reiman is really good):

"Protecting Privacy in an Information Age: the Porblem of Privacy in Public." Law and Philosophy. Vol 17. 1998. 559-596.

Reiman, Jeffrey H. "Privacy, Intimacy, and Personhood." Philosophical Dimensions of Privacy. Cambridge Unviersity Press. 1984. 300-315.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:34:21 -0800

Obviously that should say problem and not porblem.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:17:28 -0800

You can't have a paper on this topic without at least mentioning Foucault's "Panopticon" (a chapter in Discipline & Punish).

By: Hegemonic

Hegemonic — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:19:14 -0800

Thanks for the excellent suggestions. Yes, I'm talking to librarians; you don't have to sell me on that idea. This is just to augment their knowledge.

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:23:05 -0800

You might dig around in kairosnews, searching by category.