in media res


In your face -Part 1: surveillance and user perception
February 28, 2008, 5:16 pm
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Facebook is a “social utility that connects you to the people around you”. In  Facebook a considerable amount of personal data is voluntarily disclosed. Concerns have been expressed about the surveillance mechanisms of Facebook and the implications on user privacy. This post is a small part of paper that examines Facebook as an unsafe place for personal data and how surveillance is naturalized and accepted by its users. (more…)