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Can democracy survive the rise of surveillance technology?

Navarria, Giovanni ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3697-8874 2014. Can democracy survive the rise of surveillance technology? Democratic Theory 1 (2) 10.3167/dt.2014.010208

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Abstract

The technological revolution that began with the Arpanet in the late Sixties has changed the world we live in. The Internet and social media have improved our lives considerably, but the changes came in with a high-price tag attached: our freedom. We now live in a world in which technology has exponentially expanded the power of the State to keep tabs on its citizens (within and across borders). If we continue on this path, democracy as we know it is doomed. Yet the future is not as grey as it might look at first sight. The ubiquity of social media and smartphones and the increasing relevance of the Internet in everyday life have also drastically changed the impact-power of citizens in technologically advanced societies. Understanding these changes is to understand which shape democracy will take in the future.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Cardiff Law & Politics
Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Publisher: Berghahn Journals
ISSN: 2332-8894
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2022 10:06
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145715

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