Controlling knowledge : freedom of information and privacy protection in a networked world / Lorna Stefanick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stefanick, Lorna, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of information.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, [Alberta] : AU Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced our capacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controls our access to information, and who decides what others have a right to know about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author Lorna Stefanick offers a thought-provoking and user-friendly overview of the regulatory regime that currently governs freedom of information and the protection of privacy.Aiming to clarify rather than mystify, Stefanick outlines the history and application of FOIP legislation, with special focus on how these laws affect the individual. To illustrate the impact of FOIP, she examines the notion of informed consent, looks at concerns about surveillance in the digital age, and explores the sometimes insidious influence of Facebook. Specialists in public policy and public administration, information technology, communications, law, criminal justice, sociology, and health care will find much here that bears directly on their work, while students and general readers will welcome the 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 seeking to understand how freedom of information and privacy protection are legally defined and how this legislation is shaping our individual rights as citizens of the information age.

Contents:

An introduction to freedom of information and privacy protection

Privacy protection

Freedom of information (FOI)

Sharing medical information: antidote or bitter pill?

Surveillance in the digital age

Social networking: the case of Facebook

Balancing freedom of information and the protection of privacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-283-27975-4

9786613279750

1-926836-27-8

OCLC:

816864925