An undergraduate student in my program is researching plazes.com, a website like myspace and facebook in that it is a social networking site, but in addition it adds a physical location. The technology behind it enables friends to know one's location through a cellphone or internet connection. Thus, issues of privacy (invasion) are huge. The student is looking for a theory that explains or relates to people's willingness to engage in such activities even at the expense of inhibiting personal privacy. In a way we have a third place here that is tied to a physical location again. The student is approaching this topic from a background in rhetorical criticism. Does anyone have suggestions for theories and places to look for them? As-complete-as-possible references would be very much appreciated. Please send to me directly. I will compile and send both to the list and to the student. Thanks, Ulla --- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz@fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 -----------------------------------------------
I just signed up for this a week or two ago, when at a conference where I heard people talking about it. I'm quite shocked at the level of detail - I can subscribe to RSS feeds for where individuals are logged in from without them even having made me a buddy and thus given me specific access. It's cool, in a way, I suppose, to be able to see whether any of your friends are nearby, but as you say the privacy issues are huge, and suggest to me that users are either oblivious to the extent they're letting others knwo about them or that there's a real shift in our willingness to be observed. The most obvious reference is of course Foucault's theory of the panopticon. I'm not well-read on newer theories of surveillance, no doubt there are many, but I'd also consider danah boyd's work on public displays of friendship and networks - she sees this as a form of identity performance, and that's certainly an aspect of Plazes worth looking into. Her papers are at http://www.danah.org/papers/ I'd be interested in knowing about theory that more directly continues from Foucault - I seem to remember hearing some word coined - like surveillance but demonstrating that the person "being surveilled" isn't just complicit in it but is actually deliberating asking to be "surveilled" - was it co-veillance or something like that? Jill
An undergraduate student in my program is researching plazes.com, a website like myspace and facebook in that it is a social networking site, but in addition it adds a physical location. The technology behind it enables friends to know one's location through a cellphone or internet connection. Thus, issues of privacy (invasion) are huge. The student is looking for a theory that explains or relates to people's willingness to engage in such activities even at the expense of inhibiting personal privacy. In a way we have a third place here that is tied to a physical location again. The student is approaching this topic from a background in rhetorical criticism. Does anyone have suggestions for theories and places to look for them? As-complete-as-possible references would be very much appreciated. Please send to me directly. I will compile and send both to the list and to the student. Thanks, Ulla
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Jill, you may be thinking of "sousveillance," a term coined by Steve Mann in and around his wearable computing counter-surveillance work. Also, that _Cntrl-Space_ anthology is very useful. I think a logical research path might be critical geography and anthropological explorations of place? Perhaps Auge's _Non-Places_? Also, a non-theoretical but interesting reference is Morville's _Ambient Findability_. Sandy
Jill Walker <jill.walker@uib.no> 10/12/06 10:41 AM >>> I just signed up for this a week or two ago, when at a conference where I heard people talking about it. I'm quite shocked at the level
of detail - I can subscribe to RSS feeds for where individuals are logged in from without them even having made me a buddy and thus given me specific access. It's cool, in a way, I suppose, to be able to see whether any of your friends are nearby, but as you say the privacy issues are huge, and suggest to me that users are either oblivious to the extent they're letting others knwo about them or that there's a real shift in our willingness to be observed. The most obvious reference is of course Foucault's theory of the panopticon. I'm not well-read on newer theories of surveillance, no doubt there are many, but I'd also consider danah boyd's work on public displays of friendship and networks - she sees this as a form of identity performance, and that's certainly an aspect of Plazes worth looking into. Her papers are at http://www.danah.org/papers/ I'd be interested in knowing about theory that more directly continues from Foucault - I seem to remember hearing some word coined - like surveillance but demonstrating that the person "being surveilled" isn't just complicit in it but is actually deliberating asking to be "surveilled" - was it co-veillance or something like that? Jill
An undergraduate student in my program is researching plazes.com, a
website like myspace and facebook in that it is a social networking
site, but in addition it adds a physical location. The technology behind it enables friends to know one's location through a cellphone or internet connection. Thus, issues of privacy (invasion) are huge. The student is looking for a theory that explains or relates to people's willingness to engage in such activities even at the expense of inhibiting personal privacy. In a
way we have a third place here that is tied to a physical location again. The student is approaching this topic from a background in rhetorical criticism. Does anyone have suggestions for theories and places to look for them? As-complete-as-possible references would be very much appreciated. Please send to me directly. I will compile and send both to the list and to the student. Thanks, Ulla
--- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz@fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 -----------------------------------------------
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"Equiveillance" has been propsed as a possible middle-ground between surveillance and sousveillance. Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equiveillance http://wearcam.org/anonequity.htm http://www.anonequity.org/weblog/archives/2006/01/exploring_equiv_1.php -m ----- Michael T. Zimmer Doctoral Candidate, Culture and Communication, New York University Student Fellow, Information Law Institute, NYU Law School e: michael.zimmer@nyu.edu w: http://michaelzimmer.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Baldwin <Charles.Baldwin@mail.wvu.edu> Date: Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:49 am Subject: Re: [Air-l] theory to explain plazes.com?
Jill, you may be thinking of "sousveillance," a term coined by Steve Mann in and around his wearable computing counter-surveillance work. Also, that _Cntrl-Space_ anthology is very useful.
I think a logical research path might be critical geography and anthropological explorations of place? Perhaps Auge's _Non-Places_?
Also, a non-theoretical but interesting reference is Morville's _Ambient Findability_.
Sandy
Jill Walker <jill.walker@uib.no> 10/12/06 10:41 AM >>> I just signed up for this a week or two ago, when at a conference where I heard people talking about it. I'm quite shocked at the level
of detail - I can subscribe to RSS feeds for where individuals are logged in from without them even having made me a buddy and thus given me specific access. It's cool, in a way, I suppose, to be able to see whether any of your friends are nearby, but as you say the privacy issues are huge, and suggest to me that users are either oblivious to the extent they're letting others knwo about them or that there's a real shift in our willingness to be observed.
The most obvious reference is of course Foucault's theory of the panopticon.
I'm not well-read on newer theories of surveillance, no doubt there
are many, but I'd also consider danah boyd's work on public displays of friendship and networks - she sees this as a form of identity performance, and that's certainly an aspect of Plazes worth looking
into. Her papers are at http://www.danah.org/papers/
I'd be interested in knowing about theory that more directly continues from Foucault - I seem to remember hearing some word coined
- like surveillance but demonstrating that the person "being surveilled" isn't just complicit in it but is actually deliberating
asking to be "surveilled" - was it co-veillance or something like that?
Jill
An undergraduate student in my program is researching plazes.com, a
website like myspace and facebook in that it is a social networking
site, but in addition it adds a physical location. The technology
behind it enables friends to know one's location through a cellphone or internet connection. Thus, issues of privacy (invasion) are huge. The student is looking for a theory that explains or relates to people's willingness to engage in such activities even at the expense of inhibiting personal privacy. In a
way we have a third place here that is tied to a physical location again. The student is approaching this topic from a background in
rhetorical criticism. Does anyone have suggestions for theories and places to look for them? As-complete-as-possible references would be very much appreciated. Please send to me directly. I will compile and send both to the list and to the student. Thanks, Ulla
--- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz@fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 -----------------------------------------------
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Jill Walker wrote:
I can subscribe to RSS feeds for where individuals are logged in from without them even having made me a buddy and thus given me specific access. Someone should ask the company if they heard about what happened at Friendster when they startet RSS-feeding changes in their members' profiles. About 70 000 people protested...
Mapping IP numbers to geolocation is of course not new. Just look at the world map of your visitors you get when you use google analytics for your website. Wifi access points are more accurate, though:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8702329> The NSA recently filed a patent for determining the geographic location through IP traffic from someone. I think it had to do with latency or something like that.
I'm not well-read on newer theories of surveillance, no doubt there are many, The most prominent thinkers in this field are David Lyon, Gary T. Marx, and Oscar Gandy. Helen Nissenbaum's concept of "privacy as textual integrity" might also be helpful.
but I'd also consider danah boyd's work on public displays of friendship and networks - she sees this as a form of identity performance, While we're at it: Does anybody know good conceptual work on the privacy aspects of online identity management? Michael Zimmer has done some work on this recently, but that's mostly it - as far as I know.
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My first thought was that Mark Andrejevic's Reality TV might have something to say. I see from his website that he has other recent publications that are perhaps even more relevant. Andrejevic, M. (2004) Reality TV: The Work of Being Watched. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. (Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture) Cheers, Christian Nelson On Oct 12, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Jill Walker wrote:
I just signed up for this a week or two ago, when at a conference where I heard people talking about it. I'm quite shocked at the level of detail - I can subscribe to RSS feeds for where individuals are logged in from without them even having made me a buddy and thus given me specific access. It's cool, in a way, I suppose, to be able to see whether any of your friends are nearby, but as you say the privacy issues are huge, and suggest to me that users are either oblivious to the extent they're letting others knwo about them or that there's a real shift in our willingness to be observed.
The most obvious reference is of course Foucault's theory of the panopticon.
I'm not well-read on newer theories of surveillance, no doubt there are many, but I'd also consider danah boyd's work on public displays of friendship and networks - she sees this as a form of identity performance, and that's certainly an aspect of Plazes worth looking into. Her papers are at http://www.danah.org/papers/
I'd be interested in knowing about theory that more directly continues from Foucault - I seem to remember hearing some word coined - like surveillance but demonstrating that the person "being surveilled" isn't just complicit in it but is actually deliberating asking to be "surveilled" - was it co-veillance or something like that?
Jill
An undergraduate student in my program is researching plazes.com, a website like myspace and facebook in that it is a social networking site, but in addition it adds a physical location. The technology behind it enables friends to know one's location through a cellphone or internet connection. Thus, issues of privacy (invasion) are huge. The student is looking for a theory that explains or relates to people's willingness to engage in such activities even at the expense of inhibiting personal privacy. In a way we have a third place here that is tied to a physical location again. The student is approaching this topic from a background in rhetorical criticism. Does anyone have suggestions for theories and places to look for them? As-complete-as-possible references would be very much appreciated. Please send to me directly. I will compile and send both to the list and to the student. Thanks, Ulla
--- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz@fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 -----------------------------------------------
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One way into this would be to look at Howard Rheingold (2002). Smart Mobs. Basic Books. [I'm reminded of his discussion of the Lovegety dating service in Japan where a key-chain device lights up when a compatible Lovegety subscriber is in the area; plus various games played using location-aware phones. Rheingold's website for the book, www.smartmobs.com posts updates for the various sections of the book] And other work on mobile phone networking, like Ito, Okabe, and Matsuda (2005). Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life. MIT Press. There's also the ambient computing approach, e.g.,: Adam Greenfield (2006). Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing. New Riders Press. And someone already mentioned Moreville's Ambient Findability. In terms of surveillance, there's the online journal Surveillance and Society (http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/) as well as a brand new book: David Lyon (2006). Theorizing Surveillance: The Panopticon and Beyond. Willan Publishing. In terms of people voluntarily giving up privacy to be surveilled, some of the studies on webcams might be useful, especially home webcams (work by Mark Andrejevic [see his book, Reality TV: The Work of Being Watched, as well as an essay in Couldry and McCarthy's MediaSpace, Theresa Senft, Hille Koskela [who has pieces in Surveillance and Society and in Lyon's new book] would be places to start. It also reminds me of the Marauder's Map in the Harry Potter books, except in this case everyone gets a copy. Cheers, Greg Wise -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Bunz, Ulla Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:39 PM To: air-l@aoir.org Cc: njt06@garnet.acns.fsu.edu Subject: [Air-l] theory to explain plazes.com? An undergraduate student in my program is researching plazes.com, a website like myspace and facebook in that it is a social networking site, but in addition it adds a physical location. The technology behind it enables friends to know one's location through a cellphone or internet connection. Thus, issues of privacy (invasion) are huge. The student is looking for a theory that explains or relates to people's willingness to engage in such activities even at the expense of inhibiting personal privacy. In a way we have a third place here that is tied to a physical location again. The student is approaching this topic from a background in rhetorical criticism. Does anyone have suggestions for theories and places to look for them? As-complete-as-possible references would be very much appreciated. Please send to me directly. I will compile and send both to the list and to the student. Thanks, Ulla --- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz@fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 ----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
And other research around Ubiquitous Computing, see papers from the UbiComp conferences, e.g. http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/UbiComp2004/ greg -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Bunz, Ulla Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:39 PM To: air-l@aoir.org Cc: njt06@garnet.acns.fsu.edu Subject: [Air-l] theory to explain plazes.com? An undergraduate student in my program is researching plazes.com, a website like myspace and facebook in that it is a social networking site, but in addition it adds a physical location. The technology behind it enables friends to know one's location through a cellphone or internet connection. Thus, issues of privacy (invasion) are huge. The student is looking for a theory that explains or relates to people's willingness to engage in such activities even at the expense of inhibiting personal privacy. In a way we have a third place here that is tied to a physical location again. The student is approaching this topic from a background in rhetorical criticism. Does anyone have suggestions for theories and places to look for them? As-complete-as-possible references would be very much appreciated. Please send to me directly. I will compile and send both to the list and to the student. Thanks, Ulla --- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz@fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 ----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Hi, Ulla. Through Trebor Scholz in the IDC mailing-list I've found a presentation made by the futurulogist Jamais Cascio which is available here (http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002651.html; and here http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail375.html). In that presentation, Cascio explains the meaning of the participatory panopticon, a term he has coined to refer to the concept of widespread and ubiquituous "sousveillance" where every bit of information about every citizen is being permanently recorded and made accessible to everyone else. It might sound like the regular talk of a pundit, but he delves deep into this scenario and males plausible assumptions. It might be of some interest. i also recommend checking out what Nathan Lovejoy has been writing in Swarming Media (http://www.swarmingmedia.com/) about the redefinition of privacy and control in the age of Web 2.0 and pervasive social networks, He analyses the dissolution of fixed and stable identities by way of tags, folksonomies and other types of social classification seen in MySpace and Del.ici.ous through the lens of Foucault and Negri's writings. Best Regards, -- Miguel Caetano http://remixtures.com
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