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Crypto-politics : encryption and democratic practices in the digital era / Linda Monsees

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Routledge New Security StudiesPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020Description: 1 Online-Ressource ([vii], 153 pages)ISBN:
  • 0429852673
  • 9780429852671
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781138314788 | 9781138314788 | Erscheint auch als: Crypto-politics. Druck-Ausgabe Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.D335
Online resources: Summary: "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 specialist debates, it shows how these are closely interlinked with technological controversies and how, as a result, contestation emerges not within one public sphere but within multiple expert circles. The book develops the notion of 'publicness' in order to grasp the political significance of these controversies, thereby making an innovative contribution to Critical Security Studies by introducing digital encryption as an important site for understanding the broader debates on cyber security and surveillance. This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, science and technology studies, and International Relations"--Summary: Crypto-politics -- Researching the politics of technology -- On publics in the technological society -- Digital encryption -- Encryption and national security -- Contentious technology -- The politics of publicness.PPN: PPN: 1685637353Package identifier: Produktsigel: BSZ-4-NLEBK-KAUB | ZDB-4-NLEBK
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