Overview

Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced ourcapacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controlsour access to information, and who decides what others have a right toknow about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author LornaStefanick offers a thought-provoking and user-friendly overview of theregulatory regime that currently governs freedom of information and theprotection of privacy. Aiming to clarify rather than mystify, Stefanick outlines thehistory and application of FOIP legislation, with special focus on howthese laws affect the individual. To illustrate the impact of FOIP, sheexamines the notion of informed consent, looks at concerns aboutsurveillance in the digital age, and explores the sometimes insidiousinfluence of Facebook. Specialists in public policy and publicadministration, information technology, communications, law, criminaljustice, sociology, and health care will find much here that bearsdirectly on their work, while students and general readers will welcomethe book’s down-to-earth language and accessible style. Intended to serve as a “citizen’s guide,”Controlling Knowledge is a vital resource for anyone seekingto understand how freedom of information and privacy protection arelegally defined and how this legislation is shaping our individualrights as citizens of the information age.

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Author:   Lorna Stefanick
Publisher:   AU Press
Imprint:   AU Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781926836263

ISBN 10:   192683626
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements ... ix 1. An Introduction to Freedom of Information and PrivacyProtection ... 1 Accessing and Protecting Electronic Data ... 1 Accountability and Autonomy ... 5 Unpacking the Concepts ... 8 Transparency, Privacy, and Good Governance ... 13 Overview of the Book ... 23 2. Privacy Protection ... 29 The Many Dimensions of Privacy ... 29 The March Toward Regulation ... 37 Data Flow, the Thirst for Information, and the Problems of Privacy Protection ... 46 Privacy Protection, Personal Autonomy, and Control ... 59 3. Freedom of Information (FOI) ... 63 Transparency for the Public Good ... 63 The March Toward Regulation ... 71 Administrative Practice: Challenges to the Culture of Openness ... 79 Information Access, Equity, and Fairness ... 93 4.Sharing Medical Information: Antidote or Bitter Pill? ... 97 The Special Case of Health Information ... 97 Electronic Health Records ... 99 Privacy and Confidentiality ... 103 Secondary Uses of Medical Information ... 111 Managing Health Information ... 122 5. Surveillance in the Digital Age ... 125 Surveillance as a Form of Social Control ... 125 Modern Forms of Watching ... 128 Whither Watching? ... 155 6. Social Networking: The Case of Facebook ... 157 The Creation of Online Personalities ... 157 The Power and Perils of Virtual Communities ... 162 Digital Identities, the Commodification of Personality, and theBacklash ... 172 The Future of Facebook ... 182 7. Balancing Freedom of Information and the Protection ofPrivacy ... 187 Questions for Discussion ... 197 Notes ... 205 Selected Bibliography ... 231 Index ... 243

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Lorna Stefanick is an associate professor at AthabascaUniversity, where she teaches in the Governance, Law, and Managementprogram. Prior to joining AU, she was the associate director of theGovernment Studies unit at the University of Alberta. Having taught ina virtual environment for over a decade, Stefanick has first-handexposure to some of the radical ways in which new communicationtechnologies have transformed our working lives and socialrelationships.

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