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The conditions of exposure and immediacy: Internet surveillance and Generation Y
Citation
Lee, A and Cook, P, The conditions of exposure and immediacy: Internet surveillance and Generation Y, Journal of Sociology, 51, (3) pp. 674-688. ISSN 1440-7833 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/1440783314522870
Abstract
Surveillance through information and communication technologies is an integral part of modernity.
However, there has been little research into how surveillance is experienced, with much research
focusing on the structural aspects of surveillance. We conducted focus groups with Generation
Y internet users to investigate their experiences of internet surveillance. They demonstrate an
awareness of and ambivalence about surveillance online, negotiating their digital visibility and
exposure against the risks and benefits of using the internet. However, their overwhelming
interest and concern is that their online access to desired content is immediate and unfettered.
We argue that immediacy has come to dominate how Generation Y understand and negotiate
their internet experience, and describe how immediacy outweighs any concerns participants
have. This study highlights the need to further explore the experience of surveillance, and the
importance of immediacy in understanding sociotechnical systems and experiences.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | exposure, Generation Y, immediacy, internet surveillance, surveillance, visibility |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Other culture and society |
Objective Field: | Other culture and society not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Lee, A (Mr Ashlin Lee) |
UTAS Author: | Cook, P (Dr Peta Cook) |
ID Code: | 98653 |
Year Published: | 2015 (online first 2014) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 14 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2015-02-23 |
Last Modified: | 2017-12-12 |
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