Privacy: Algorithms and Society

Privacy: Algorithms and Society explores encryption technologies, privacy debates, countersurveillance, digital advertising, and cellular location data, raising questions about the balance between privacy rights and state interests, the role of encryption in countersurveillance, and the racialized social constructions in key debates.

Format: Hardback
Length: 114 pages
Publication date: 24 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Privacy: Algorithms and Society delves into the intricate realm of encryption technologies and the ongoing privacy debates that permeate journalistic crypto-cultures, countersurveillance technologies, digital advertising, and cellular location data. It raises crucial questions that demand thoughtful consideration. How much information can we truly retain as private when we employ encryption on our computational devices? What are our rights to secure and personalized communication channels, and how can we strike a balance between these rights and the state's interests in maintaining order and countering the activities of criminals and rival state actors? What new regimes are necessary for states to conduct digital searches, and how does encryption serve as a countermeasure to surveillance? How have key debates in the realm of privacy been shaped by racialized social constructions? What transformations have occurred in journalistic media and practices with the emergence of encryption tools? How are consumers' digital footprints tracked and targeted?

This interdisciplinary study encompasses research from Communication, Sociology, Critical Data Studies, and Advertising and Public Relations, offering a comprehensive approach to questions of privacy and encryption. Scholars and students from diverse backgrounds, as well as policy makers, journalists, and the general reading public, will find valuable insights and perspectives within these pages.

Weight: 278g
Dimension: 141 x 222 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032002514