Controlling Knowledge

Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced ourcapacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controlsour access to information, and who decides what others have a right toknow about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author LornaStefanick offers a thought-provoking and user-friendly overview of theregulatory regime that currently governs freedom of information and theprotection of privacy.Aiming to clarify rather than mystify, Stefanick outlines thehistory and application of FOIP legislation, with special focus on howthese laws affect the individual. To illustrate the impact of FOIP, sheexamines the notion of informed consent, looks at concerns aboutsurveillance in the digital age, and explores the sometimes insidiousinfluence of Facebook. Specialists in public policy and publicadministration, information technology, communications, law, criminaljustice, sociology, and health care will find much here that bearsdirectly on their work, while students and general readers will welcomethe book's down-to-earth language and accessible style.Intended to serve as a "citizen's guide,"Controlling Knowledge is a vital resource for anyone seekingto understand how freedom of information and privacy protection arelegally defined and how this legislation is shaping our individualrights as citizens of the information age.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-09-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:AU Press
ISBN:9781926836263

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Lorna Stefanick is an associate professor at AthabascaUniversity, where she teaches in the Governance, Law, and Managementprogram. Prior to joining AU, she was the associate director of theGovernment Studies unit at the University of Alberta. Having taught ina virtual environment for over a decade, Stefanick has first-handexposure to some of the radical ways in which new communicationtechnologies have transformed our working lives and socialrelationships.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface and Acknowledgements ... ix 1. An Introduction to Freedom of Information and PrivacyProtection ... 1Accessing and Protecting Electronic Data ... 1Accountability and Autonomy ... 5Unpacking the Concepts ... 8Transparency, Privacy, and Good Governance ... 13Overview of the Book ... 23 2. Privacy Protection ... 29The Many Dimensions of Privacy ... 29The March Toward Regulation ... 37Data Flow, the Thirst for Information, and the Problems ofPrivacy Protection ... 46Privacy Protection, Personal Autonomy, and Control ... 59 3. Freedom of Information (FOI) ... 63Transparency for the Public Good ... 63The March Toward Regulation ... 71Administrative Practice: Challenges to the Culture of Openness ... 79Information Access, Equity, and Fairness ... 93 4.Sharing Medical Information: Antidote or Bitter Pill? ... 97The Special Case of Health Information ... 97Electronic Health Records ... 99Privacy and Confidentiality ... 103Secondary Uses of Medical Information ... 111Managing Health Information ... 122 5. Surveillance in the Digital Age ... 125Surveillance as a Form of Social Control ... 125Modern Forms of Watching ... 128Whither Watching? ... 155 6. Social Networking: The Case of Facebook ... 157The Creation of Online Personalities ... 157The Power and Perils of Virtual Communities ... 162Digital Identities, the Commodification of Personality, and theBacklash ... 172The Future of Facebook ... 182 7. Balancing Freedom of Information and the Protection ofPrivacy ... 187 Questions for Discussion ... 197Notes ... 205Selected Bibliography ... 231Index ... 243