Online Surveillance's Effect on Support for Other Extraordinary Measures to Prevent Terrorism. Issue 6 (2nd November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stoycheff, Elizabeth; Wibowo, Kunto A.; Liu, Juan; Xu, Kai
• Is Part Of: Mass communication & society. Volume 20:Issue 6(2017)
• Page Start: 784
• Page End: 799
• Publication Date: 2017-11-02
• Subjects: Mass media -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Mass media and culture -- Periodicals; Communication -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Communication and culture -- Periodicals; Journalism -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Médias -- Aspect social -- Périodiques; Médias et culture -- Périodiques; Communication -- Aspect social -- Périodiques; Communication et culture -- Périodiques; Presse -- Aspect social -- Périodiques; Communication and culture; Communication -- Social aspects; Journalism -- Social aspects; Mass media and culture; Mass media -- Social aspects; Periodicals; 302.23
• DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2017.1350278
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1520-5436

Abstract

Abstract : The U.S. National Security Agency argues that online mass surveillance has played a pivotal role in preventing acts of terrorism on U.S. soil since 9/11. But journalists and academics have decried the practice, arguing that the implementation of such extraordinary provisions may lead to a slippery slope. As the first study to investigate empirically the relationship between online surveillance and support for other extraordinary measures to prevent terrorism, we find that perceptions of government monitoring lead to increased support for hawkish foreign policy through value-conflict associations in memory that prompt a suppression of others' online and offline civil liberties, including rights to free speech and a fair trial. Implications for the privacy–security debate are discussed.