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Online Social Networking as Participatory Surveillance

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Fri, 19/09/2008 - 10:24
Publisher: 
First Monday, University of Illinois Chicago
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http://www.uic.edu/
Author: 
Anders Albrechtslund
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
In this article, I argue that online social networking is anchored in surveillance practices. This gives us an opportunity to challenge conventional understandings of surveillance that often focus on control and disempowerment. In the context of online social networking, surveillance is something potentially empowering, subjectivity building and even playful - what I call participatory surveillance.
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