dc.contributor.author |
Abi Zeid, Marc, |
dc.date |
2013 |
dc.date.accessioned |
2015-02-03T10:43:21Z |
dc.date.available |
2015-02-03T10:43:21Z |
dc.date.issued |
2013 |
dc.date.submitted |
2013 |
dc.identifier.other |
b17916938 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/9843 |
dc.description |
Project (M.A.)-- American University of Beirut, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, 2013. |
dc.description |
First Reader : Dr. May Farah, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies ; Second Reader : Dr. Jad Melki, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies. |
dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-34) |
dc.description.abstract |
New media tools have in some ways empowered the underclasses to champion certain causes and become potential organizers in struggles for democratic and social reform. This is done by employing new media to influence popular debate, create new news values, and challenge official narratives, thereby stripping traditional media forces of their power to dictate what dominates the agenda. But those new perceived powers afforded to the public in the age of digital and social media come at great cost: namely the forfeiture of privacy and protection from government surveillance and intrusion. Upon examining details of the recent NSA scandal that have revealed unprecedented levels of surveillance and remarkably egregious violations committed by the US government and its partners (principally Britain) of laws designed to protect an individual's privacy, this paper concludes that technology has left people worldwide much more vulnerable, feeble and exposed today than they were before the inception of new media. |
dc.format.extent |
vii, 34 leaves ; 30 cm |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |
dc.subject.classification |
Pj:001770 AUBNO |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Digital media. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Social media. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Electronic surveillance. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Espionage. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Impunity. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Government and the press -- United States. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Government and the press -- Great Britain. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Government accountability. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Freedom of the press. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Mass media. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Privacy. |
dc.title |
Spying with impunity in the age of social and digital media - |
dc.type |
Project |
dc.contributor.department |
American University of Beirut. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies. |