Title | Towards a Theoretical Model of Social Media Surveillance in Contemporary Society. |
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Type | Journal article |
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Authors | Fuchs, Christian and Trottier, D. |
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Abstract | 'Social media’ like Facebook or Twitter have become tremendously popular in recent years. Their popularity provides new opportunities for data collection by state and private companies, which requires a critical and theoretical focus on social media surveillance. The task of this paper is to outline a theoretical framework for defining social media surveillance in the context of contemporary society, identifying its principal characteristics, and understanding its broader societal implications. Social media surveillance is a form of surveillance in which different forms of sociality and individuals different social roles converge, so that surveillance becomes a monitoring of different activities in different social roles with the help of profiles that hold a complex networked multitude of data about humans. |
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Journal | Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research |
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Journal citation | 40 (1), pp. 113-135 |
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ISSN | 0341-2059 |
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Year | 2015 |
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Publisher | De Gruyter |
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Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0029 |
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Web address (URL) | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/comm.2015.40.issue-1/commun-2014-0029/commun-2014-0029.xml |
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Publication dates |
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Published | 02 Mar 2015 |
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Project | PACT - Public Perception of Security and Privacy: Assessing Knowledge, Collecting Evidence, Translating Research into Action |
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Funder | EC (European Commission) |
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