Država nadzora kroz prizmu novih medija: slučaj Snowden

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Surveillance State through the Prism of New Media: Snowden's Case
• Author: Luka Radočaj
• Mentor: Enes Kulenović (mentor)
• Committee member: Enes Kulenović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marijana Grbeša-Zenzerović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Sanjin Dragojević (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; (Department of Strategic Communication); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-07-02, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences; Journalism

Abstract

Ulaskom suvremenog društva u doba novih medija, društvenih mreža te masovnog korištenja interneta, država se transformirala iz tradicionalne u kojoj je privatnost građana bila visoko na ljestvici prioriteta u takozvanu „državu nadzora“ u kojoj vlast, pomoću tehnoloških dostignuća sigurnosnih službi, osigurava sigurnost građana na štetu njihove privatnosti. Ovaj diplomski rad najprije proučava sociološke i političke teorije kojima su razni autori pokušali definirati i detaljno prikazati eksponirano suvremeno društvo te objasniti koliko je ono odgovorno za nastanak države nadzora. Zatim, rad proučava samu državu nadzora te njenu strukturu, od sigurnosnih službi pomoću kojih vlada vrši kontinuirani nadzor svojih građana, preko korporativnog nadzora internetskih kompanija koje prikupljanjem podataka svojih korisnika isključivo radi profita, pridonose globalnom nadzoru, pa do političkih medija koji nekritičkim odnosom prema vladi u potpunosti zanemaruju svoju glavnu misiju, a to je biti u službi naroda. Nadalje, rad prikazuje društvenu vrijednost privatnosti kao i štetu koju kontinuirani globalni nadzor nanosi svjetskom društvu, od psihičkih poteškoća pojedinaca pa do potpunog zaustavljanja društvenog razvoja. Naposlijetku, rad se bavi slučajem „Snowden“, točnije kako je 29-godišnji zaposlenik američke sigurnosne službe NSA Edward Snowden, preko nekolicine novinara The Guardiana, svjetskoj javnosti dostavio tisuće tajnih dokumenata koji su nedvojbeno dokazivali kako je američka vlada Georgea W. Busha i Baracka Obame sudjelovala u masovnom ilegalnom nadzoru američkog stanovništva.
Cilj rada je prikazati američku državu nadzora, pokušati objasniti kako je ona nastala, zatim kako je Edward Snowden upoznao svjetsku javnost s njezinom moći i obujmom, ali i kako je za njezin daljni razvoj i nastavak djelovanja ponajviše odgovorno eksponirano suvremno društvo koje svakodnevno prodaje svoju privatnost za neko vrijednije dobro: komfor, zabavu ili jednostavniji život.

Abstract (english)

When the modern society entered the age of new media, social networks and the internet, the State transformed itself from a traditional State in which the privacy of its citizens was a high priority into a so called Surveillance State, in which the government, by using the technology of security agencies, ensures the safety of its people by sacrificing their privacy. First of all, this thesis studies sociological and political theories that different authors used to define and analyse the expository modern society and to explain its role in the birth of Surveillance State. In addition, this thesis studies the Surveillance State itself and its structure, from security agencies that the government uses to continuously monitor its citizens to large internet companies that by collecting information from their users for greater profit contribute to global surveillance. Furthermore, the mainstream media by not reporting critically on the government has abandoned its main mission: to work for the people. This thesis also explains the social value of privacy as well as the damage that continuous mass survaillance is doing to global society, from psychological issues to completely stopping the social development of modern society. Lastly, this thesis focuses on the „Snowden case“, more specifically on how a 29-year old employee of the American security agency NSA Edward Snowden managed to disclose to the world public, through several journalists of The Guardian, thousands of secret documents that undoubtedly proved that the American government in George W. Bush and Barack Obama's administrations conducted mass illegal surveillance of the American people.
The goal of the thesis is to analyse the American Surveillance State, try to explain how it came to be, and how Edward Snowden exposed its might and capacity to the general public. Lastly, the thesis argues that despite its growth and increased power, the fault of todays surveillance is in the new expository society that on daily basis trades its privacy for a more desirable good: entertainment, simpler life or comfort.

• Keywords: država nadzora; eksponirano društvo; novi mediji; privatnost; Edward Snowden
• Keywords (english): Surveillance State; expository society; new media; privacy; Edward Snowden
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:377924
• Study programme: Title: Journalism; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra novinarstva (magistar/magistra novinarstva)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2018-11-08 10:48:26