Governing the internet in the privacy arena

Artikel

The surveillance disclosures triggered by Snowden have fueled the public re-negotiation of privacy. To follow resulting controversies we present a methodology that links social worlds theory to approaches asking for the democratic governance character of issue-centred arenas. After having outlined this approach it is put to the test. We analyse and compare two cases: the Schengen/National Routing, and the Parliamentary Committee investigating the NSA surveillance disclosures. The analysis reveals two oscillating governance modes at work in the privacy arena; their interplay results in an obstruction. Based on this observation we finally provide a diagnosis of possible future arena trajectories.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Internet Policy Review ; ISSN: 2197-6775 ; Volume: 5 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 1-13 ; Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
• Subject: Privacy ; Democracy ; Digitisation ; Arena Methodology

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ochs, Carsten ; Pittroff, Fabian ; Büttner, Barbara ; Lamla, Jörn
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.14763/2016.3.426
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214021
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET