scholarly journals “Veillant Panoptic Assemblage”: Mutual Watching and Resistance to Mass Surveillance after Snowden

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vian Bakir
Keyword(s):  
Journalism Studies ◽  
Holding Power ◽  
Digital Surveillance ◽  
The Press ◽  
Intelligence Agencies ◽  
State Surveillance ◽  
Intelligence Studies ◽  
Public Oversight

The Snowden leaks indicate the extent, nature, and means of contemporary mass digital surveillance of citizens by their intelligence agencies and the role of public oversight mechanisms in holding intelligence agencies to account. As such, they form a rich case study on the interactions of “veillance” (mutual watching) involving citizens, journalists, intelligence agencies and corporations. While Surveillance Studies, Intelligence Studies and Journalism Studies have little to say on surveillance of citizens’ data by intelligence agencies (and complicit surveillant corporations), they offer insights into the role of citizens and the press in holding power, and specifically the political-intelligence elite, to account. Attention to such public oversight mechanisms facilitates critical interrogation of issues of surveillant power, resistance and intelligence accountability. It directs attention to the <em>veillant panoptic assemblage</em> (an arrangement of profoundly unequal mutual watching, where citizens’ watching of self and others is, through corporate channels of data flow, fed back into state surveillance of citizens). Finally, it enables evaluation of post-Snowden steps taken towards achieving an <em>equiveillant panoptic assemblage</em> (where, alongside state and corporate surveillance of citizens, the intelligence-power elite, to ensure its accountability, faces robust scrutiny and action from wider civil society).

Indian Civil Servants

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-46
Author(s):  
Mark Knights
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
The Press

The chapter explores a case study of the 1829 prosecution by the young Charles Trevelyan of Sir Edward Colebrooke, the East India Company’s Resident in Delhi, as a means to illustrate many of the themes covered by the book. The case highlights the distinction between gifts and bribes; social norms that blurred definitions of corruption; the overlap between public and private interests; the reliance of Britons on native agents who could themselves be seen as corrupt; the ‘systems’ of corruption that grew up around powerful officers; the politics of anti-corruption; the role of the press in exposing or vindicating corruption allegations; and the ways in which corruption could be gendered and racialised. Trevelyan went on to help write a report in 1854 which is often seen as the blueprint for the modern civil service, and the interaction of Indian and British affairs is an important theme of the book.

The Opportunities and Challenges of using Email for Political Communication in Authoritarian States

2015 ◽  
pp. 1488-1507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Takavarasha, Jr. ◽  
Eldred V. Masunungure
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Email Marketing ◽  
Big Brother ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
State Surveillance ◽  
Media Monitoring ◽  
Communicative Space

This chapter uses Illich's (1973) concept of conviviality for analysing the challenges and opportunities of using email for political communication in authoritarian states. Based on evidence from a case study of Zimbabwe's Media Monitoring Project (MMPZ), it contends that while conviviality allows the use of ICTs for political mobilisation, it also enables a counterproductive “big brother” effect. In addition to constant censorship and overt operations, covert strategies are often used for disrupting communication platforms. This calls for a framework for harnessing ICTs for political mobilisation. This chapter is a case study on how perceived state surveillance disrupted a vibrant communicative space in Zimbabwe. Based on evidence from the volumes of email traffic transacted over two weeks of panic, anger, and heroism, the chapter discusses the challenges and opportunities of using email for political mobilisation and warns against uncritical celebration of the role of ICTs in political mobilisation. It concludes by suggesting how the adaption of e-strategies from email marketing to political communication is among the skills that could break the tie between political opponents armed with the same convivial tools for political communication in the information age.

scholarly journals From Above and Below: Surveillance, Religion, and Claim-Making at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-458
Author(s):  
Lior Volinz
Keyword(s):  
Digital Surveillance ◽  
State Surveillance ◽  
A Site ◽  
Temple Mount ◽  
East Jerusalem ◽  
Policies And Practices

This article explores the development and negotiation of colonial surveillance practices and technologies at religious sites. In this article I posit that colonial surveillance at religious sites is different—that, unlike in other colonial spaces, the particularities of holy sites as arenas of contestation can enlarge the scope of worshippers’ negotiation of state surveillance technologies and practices, while enabling new modes of claim-making of rights and resources articulated through surveillance. I draw on the case study of Haram-al-Sharif/Temple Mount, a site in occupied East Jerusalem holy to both Muslim and Jewish worshippers, to explore how different surveillance policies and practices are articulated and contested at religious sites in a (settler) colonial setting. I examine three facets of surveillance employed at this holy site: Israeli digital surveillance, Palestinian grassroots sousveillance, and internationally prescribed adjudicating surveillance. Through an examination of these different facets, this article investigates how particular religious, national, and citizenship claims emerge when surveillance is leveraged in order to balance, mitigate, or resolve conflicts.

University presses in libraries: potential for successful marriages

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne Missingham ◽  
Lorena Kanellopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Press ◽  
University Presses ◽  
National University

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of libraries and university presses and to present the Australian National University (ANU) Press and Library as a case study of successful structural integration. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses current debates about libraries as structural centres for running university presses. Taking into consideration the major areas of debate, the methodology used is to analyse the operation of the press; compare the financial parameters to two traditional Australian university presses; analyse the policy and procedures of the press; review the benefits to the university, library and press of the current operation; and outline issues for the future. Findings – Over the past 10 years, the ANU Press has developed into a major producer of open access scholarly outputs. The relationship with the Library has enabled a sharing of information, joint work on issues such as access and copyright and a platform from which integrated support for scholarly communication can occur. Research limitations/implications – The article is a detailed case study of the ANU Press. Further studies could compare the operations of other university presses that are located within universities and analyse the fit of different models. Practical implications – The model used at ANU has been used to develop two other presses in Australia, with some modifications. It can be used by other universities. Originality/value – Establishing libraries as the structural home for university presses is an area of hotly contested debate. This is a systematic review of a model of a press located within a library. It has resulted in both internal cooperation within the scholarly communication paradigm and a research impact of approximately one million downloads a year. It provides insights into the role of libraries in scholarly communication that have been the basis of assertions in current debate, providing information that will support further experimentation and more informed discussions.

THE REFORMATION AND THE BOOK: A RECONSIDERATION

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 785-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW PETTEGREE ◽  
MATTHEW HALL
Keyword(s):  
Individual Case ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Structural Differences ◽  
German Model ◽  
Book World ◽  
Print Cultures

Perceptions of the role of the book in the Reformation are shaped by our knowledge of the German print world during the first decades of Protestant expansion. All indications point to evangelical domination of the press in the years when Luther first became a public figure, when the printed book undoubtedly played a crucial role in the dissemination of the evangelical message, and printing enjoyed a period of exuberant growth. But it is by no means certain that assumptions derived from this German model hold good for other parts of Europe. This article re-examines the German paradigm of book and Reformation in the light of two recent bibliographical projects. The first, a trial survey of publishing outputs throughout Europe, demonstrates that the different regional print cultures that made up the European book world were organized in radically contrasting ways. These structural differences were highly significant from the point of view of assisting or impeding the output of controversial literature. The lessons from this survey are then applied to an individual case study, France, which, it emerges, deviated from the German model in almost every particular. Together these two sets of data force us to call into question the natural affinity between print and Protestantism suggested by the German paradigm.

scholarly journals Kegiatan Government Public Relation dalam Membangun Komunikasi dengan Dunia Pers: Studi Kasus Humas Pemerintah Kota Administrasi Jakarta Timur

Humaniora ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1056
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aras
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
City Government ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Government

This study focuses on the communications that was built by the Public Relations (PR) in East Jakarta Administration City Government with the Press community through their roles in the administrative activities of government. The purpose of this study was to determine the PR activities of East Jakarta Administration City Government in establishing good communication with the Press as the government's partner in promoting the various activities that are beneficial to society. The research method used in this study is a case study (case study). The results showed that the role of Public Relations of East Jakarta Administration City Government in establishing good communication with the press, is done through activities, such as press conferences, press releases, and press gathering. All activities are done well, so as to create a communication and a good relationship, in any cooperation between the Press and the Government of East Jakarta, making it easier for local governments in disseminating various work programs. 

Internationalizing Cuba Libre

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Antonia Muller
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
International Context ◽  
The Press

This chapter situates Cuba’s long nineteenth-century independence struggle in a wider international context and makes a case for the central role of Cuban migrants in the development of transnational solidarities around the Cuban cause for independence. It argues that the Gulf World was the resonance chamber of the independence struggle and it makes a case for the importance of Latin America broadly, and Mexico specifically, in the evolution of the struggle, but also underscores the importance of the “Cuban Question” to politics in Latin America and Mexico specifically. The chapter ends with a focus on the importance of the press as a space of solidarity making and features a case study of a group of student journalist in Mexico City who adopted the Cuban independence cause as their own forging important and enduring transnational solidarities with Cuban migrants, while using the Cuban cause as a way to refocus their own local and national struggles.

The Opportunities and Challenges of using Email for Political Communication in Authoritarian States

2014 ◽  
pp. 147-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Takavarasha, Jr. ◽  
Eldred Masunungure
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Email Marketing ◽  
Big Brother ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
State Surveillance ◽  
Media Monitoring ◽  
Communicative Space

This chapter uses Illich's (1973) concept of conviviality for analysing the challenges and opportunities of using email for political communication in authoritarian states. Based on evidence from a case study of Zimbabwe's Media Monitoring Project (MMPZ), it contends that while conviviality allows the use of ICTs for political mobilisation, it also enables a counterproductive “big brother” effect. In addition to constant censorship and overt operations, covert strategies are often used for disrupting communication platforms. This calls for a framework for harnessing ICTs for political mobilisation. This chapter is a case study on how perceived state surveillance disrupted a vibrant communicative space in Zimbabwe. Based on evidence from the volumes of email traffic transacted over two weeks of panic, anger, and heroism, the chapter discusses the challenges and opportunities of using email for political mobilisation and warns against uncritical celebration of the role of ICTs in political mobilisation. It concludes by suggesting how the adaption of e-strategies from email marketing to political communication is among the skills that could break the tie between political opponents armed with the same convivial tools for political communication in the information age.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
John M. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
Ideal Case ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject

The introduction highlights the paradox that confronts modern US presidents, in that they enjoy considerable power in the realm of foreign policy but also face many potential constraints, such as partisanship and powerful lobby groups. It observes that though there are many books on the subject, there are few studies of how individual presidents have dealt with this aspect of statecraft. The introduction explains that Roosevelt presents an ideal case study for this subject and offers a preview of the book’s principal arguments. It also explains the book’s methodology, which entails a series of case studies, placing particular emphasis on public opinion and the role of the press, and describes original aspects of the book such as Roosevelt’s use of public diplomacy. The introduction also offers a preview of the book’s structure and the content of each chapter.

scholarly journals ECO-COMICS AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM AND ESP

2019 ◽  
pp. 431
Author(s):  
Polina Alexandrovna Vasileva ◽  
Vadim Yurevich Golubev
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Journalism Studies ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Environmental Journalism

For the last forty years, environmental issues have gained importance across national borders. Journalists are expected to be national advocates for change in order to improve the quality of environmental health, conservation and social justice. Environmental studies emphasize a multi-disciplinary approach. The paper discusses the use of eco-comics in environmental journalism studies and promoting environmental awareness through journalism. The medium of comics has been around for many decades and comes in a variety of forms, from different cultural backgrounds; it is rich in material for academic study. Eco-comics for academic and professional purposes provide an inquiry-based content course designed to familiarize students with the fundamental concepts of the natural and social sciences as well as humanities. English for specific purposes(ESP) focuses on combining theoretical and practice-based approaches. The theoretical part of the research contains a brief historical summary of comics and their uses in an educational setting. Special attention is devoted to eco-comics as influential medium of mass media to form public awareness. The authors highlight the role of eco-comics in encouraging students to be co-creators of interdisciplinary environmental journalism studies in English and environmental awareness campaigns. The paper contains practical results of an experimental case study of using eco-comics in the ESP classroom.

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