Digital Vigilance: the Ethics of Network Communication and the Limits of Civilian Control
Abstract
The article analyzes such a modern form of network civic activity as “digital vigilance”. It proves that digital vigilance as a challenge to digitalization is an interdisciplinary problem, it requires both conceptualization and serious empirical research. This study addresses issues of relations between the state and citizens in a networked, digital society, especially the formation of network ethics and analysis of the perception of citizens of the digital public space.
About the Author
Anna V. Volkova
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Associate Professor
Doctor of Science (Political Sciences)
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Volkova A.V. Digital Vigilance: the Ethics of Network Communication and the Limits of Civilian Control. EURASIAN INTEGRATION: economics, law, politics. 2019;(3):59-64. (In Russ.)
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