TY - GEN

T1 - Young Citizens Attitudes Towards CCTV and Online Surveillance in Russia

AU - Gurinskaya, Anna

N1 - Conference code: 5

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - The digitalization of governance is meant to increase public satisfaction with state service and facilitate citizen involvement in safety provisions. Due to the digitalization trend, one can expect expansion of digital technologies in policing. Those technologies can be used for surveillance but they can also create a platform for cooperation between various actors in security production. Therefore, citizen’s perceptions of technologies are of critical importance. Russia cannot be considered a pioneer in the use of police technologies. However, the number of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in public places is steadily growing. Police surveillance extends to virtual spaces as well such as social networks and public messengers. Based on a 570 sample of university students St. Petersburg, Russia we explore views related to CCTV and online monitoring. Results show that young people are willing to accept surveillance in public places, but are unsupportive of online surveillance tools and regulations. Citizens views are ambivalent regarding effectiveness of police technologies in crime prevention, enhancing security, and increasing police accountability. However, they express concerns regarding possible infringement of their privacy due to the use of technology. The study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant 18–011-00756 A “The study of citizens involvement in public governance under conditions of the formation of a digital government”).

AB - The digitalization of governance is meant to increase public satisfaction with state service and facilitate citizen involvement in safety provisions. Due to the digitalization trend, one can expect expansion of digital technologies in policing. Those technologies can be used for surveillance but they can also create a platform for cooperation between various actors in security production. Therefore, citizen’s perceptions of technologies are of critical importance. Russia cannot be considered a pioneer in the use of police technologies. However, the number of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in public places is steadily growing. Police surveillance extends to virtual spaces as well such as social networks and public messengers. Based on a 570 sample of university students St. Petersburg, Russia we explore views related to CCTV and online monitoring. Results show that young people are willing to accept surveillance in public places, but are unsupportive of online surveillance tools and regulations. Citizens views are ambivalent regarding effectiveness of police technologies in crime prevention, enhancing security, and increasing police accountability. However, they express concerns regarding possible infringement of their privacy due to the use of technology. The study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant 18–011-00756 A “The study of citizens involvement in public governance under conditions of the formation of a digital government”).

KW - Digital surveillance

KW - Police technologies

KW - Privacy and security

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101550861&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-65218-0_5

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-65218-0_5

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85101550861

SN - 9783030652173

T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science

SP - 61

EP - 74

BT - Digital Transformation and Global Society - 5th International Conference, DTGS 2020, Revised Selected Papers

A2 - Alexandrov, Daniel A.

A2 - Boukhanovsky, Alexander V.

A2 - Chugunov, Andrei V.

A2 - Kabanov, Yury

A2 - Koltsova, Olessia

A2 - Musabirov, Ilya

PB - Springer Nature

T2 - 5th International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2020

Y2 - 17 June 2020 through 19 June 2020

ER -