Essays on Mass Surveillance

Is Edward Snowden a Traitor or a Hero?

In this research paper, we would like to talk about the controversy that chases the society on every corner of the 21st century and how our beloved Social Media can become a reason of the risk. Also, the main topic of our research is a life story of one of the most controversial personalities alive nowadays. He is a true superhero. The authorities hate him, simple people rely on him. The man who was not afraid to disclose the confidential data of the US government in order to protect the people of the whole wide world. One may say ...

Introduction to Digital Communication

Introduction to Digital Communication Being the first week of the lecture, this topic remains intriguing to me. There are several concepts and ideas that I remember vividly from this first week topic. First, it is worthwhile to point out that this topic reminds of the fact that the idea of identity is subjective. Everyone has a feeling of how he/she thinks about him/herself. As the lecturer puts it, the concept of identity is multifaceted. There is no clear-cut definition and understanding of personal identity. I can reflect from the topic that identity can be either a personal thing or a group ...

There is need for public administrators to understand constitutional values especially in privacy issues. Transparency is one of the main preconditions for a successful public sector. It goes hand in hand with accountability. This principle has issues to do with the duty of the administration and the respective citizens in regards to access to information. Professionalism in public administration processes protects the public from inefficiencies due to instability, inertia and irrationality which may be as a result of political intervention. Surveillance appears as a form of social control and a counter-challenge of the bureaucratic control. Over the years, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ...

Government Surveillance

The preference for increased surveillance on the masses has recently become a political issue. This paper assesses a number of benefits and drawbacks in relation to the development of mass surveillance techniques and practices and assesses the impact of these new practices upon democratic systems, governance and law enforcement operations. This paper also reviews the practice through the lens of globalisation and assesses that increasingly criminal behaviour is being conducted in the virtual world, as opposed to the real world, and is occurring in a cross border globalised fashion. This paper concludes that the latter of these arguments provides sufficient justification for ...