Between Invigilation and Seduction. Internet Users and Practices of Gathering and Processing Data Cover Image

Między inwigilacją a uwiedzeniem. Użytkownicy Internetu wobec praktyk gromadzenia i przetwarzania danych
Between Invigilation and Seduction. Internet Users and Practices of Gathering and Processing Data

Author(s): Jan M. Zając, Paweł Mazurek, Kamil Rakocy
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: privacy; invigilation; digital surveillance; data processing; personal data; Internet users; computer use competences

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns social aspects of gathering and processing data recorded online. Changes in the forms of control enabled by the development of microelectronics and information and telecommunication technologies are the context of the analysis. The specific issues of the social space of the Internet include: possibilities to gather and process data regarding user’s behaviour, processes of matching content with individual’s profile, threats of spyware, an emergence of the political movement of privacy protection. Additionally, there is a brief review of hitherto empirical research on privacy and digital surveillance.

  • Issue Year: 186/2007
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 145-167
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish