1st Edition
Crypto-Politics Encryption and Democratic Practices in the Digital Era
By Linda Monsees
Copyright 2019
164 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines current debates about the politics of technology and the future of democratic practices in the digital era. The volume centres on the debates on digital encryption in Germany and the USA, during the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leaks, which revolved around the value of privacy and the legitimacy of surveillance practices. Using a discourse analysis of mass media and... Read more
1. Crypto-Politics 2. Researching the Politics of Technology 3. On Publics in the Technological Society 4. Digital Encryption 5. Encryption and National Security 6. Contentious Techology 7. The Politics of Publicness
Biography
Linda Monsees is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
