Surveillance Impact On Society

Title : Evaluating the Impact of Surveillance Technology : How Do People Maximize Its Benefits While Protecting their Privacy

Background and Objectives

Technology has changed the way people and organizations communicate and process information . Despite the benefits of using privacy-infringing surveillance technology that allows government agents or law enforcement officers , private and public institutions , to gain access to information or actual events , fight terrorism , identify criminals or maintain security , surveillance technologies is recognized to have a negative impact on people 's privacy which tends to be subtle and incremental in the short

term , but dramatic and momentous in the long run (Simmons 2007 . Surveillance technology tricks , stigmatizes , troubles , and represses , weakens society 's moral (Clarke , 1988 Sloan , 2001 Theodore Martin Hollon , 2006 . To identify the specific impact of surveillance technology , empirical data will be obtained

In general , the proposed study aims to evaluate the impact of surveillance technology on society . Specific questions will be addressed

What is surveillance technology

What are the advantages and disadvantages of surveillance technology on society

How could we maximize the benefits of surveillance technology ? When and where should this technology be used

What interventions or safety measures can be done to protect people 's privacy

Methodology

This study employs descriptive research design in investigating related problem , issues , and solutions . It involves qualitative and quantitative analyses of data . Specifically , survey methods will be used to obtain information from literature or data from the research sample . These are literature-survey type through desk research and direct-data type through survey questionnaires and interviews

References

Simmons , R (2007 ) Why 2007 Is Not like 1984 : A Broader Perspective on Technology 's Effect on Privacy and Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 97 (2 , 531

Garza , Katie (2002 ) School Security Moves into the Digital Age . T H E Journal 30 (5 , 44

Theodore , N , Martin , N Hollon , R (2006 ) Securing the City Emerging Markets in the Private Provision of Security Services in Chicago . Social Justice 33 (3 , 85

Sloan , L . D (2001 ) Echelon and the Legal Restraints on Signals Intelligence : A Need for Reevaluation . Duke Law Journal 50 (5 , 1467

Clarke , R (1988 ) Information Technology and Dataveillance , 31 COMM . ACM 498 (May 1988 . In A . Michael Froomkin (2000 )The Death of Privacy Stanford Law Review 52 (5 , 1461

List of resources

Books

Loving Big Brother : Performance , Privacy , and Surveillance Space Contributors : John E . Mcgrath - author . Publisher : Routledge . Place of Publication : New York . Publication Year : 2004

Selling AWACS to Saudi Arabia : The Reagan Administration and the Balancing of America 's Competing Interests in the Middle East Contributors : Nicholas Laham - author . Publisher : Praeger . Place of Publication : Westport , CT . Publication Year : 2002

Futurenatural : Nature , Science , Culture . Contributors : George Robertson - editor , Melinda Mash - editor , Lisa Tickner - editor , Jon Bird - editor , Barry Curtis - editor , Tim Putnam - editor . Publisher Routledge . Place of Publication : London . Publication Year : 1996

Democratic Governance and New Technology : Technologically Mediated Innovations in Political Practice in Western Europe . Contributors : Jens Hoff - editor , Ivan Horrocks - editor , Pieter Tops - editor . Publisher Routledge . Place of Publication...