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Controlling Knowledge

by Lorna Stefanick
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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.
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Publisher: Athabasca University Press

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  • Release date: August 1, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781926836614
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  • ISBN: 9781926836614
  • File size: 1894 KB
  • Release date: August 1, 2011

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Law Sociology Nonfiction

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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.
Expand title description text
Law Sociology Nonfiction
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    Publisher:
    Athabasca University Press

    Kindle Book
    Release date: August 1, 2011

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781926836614
    Release date: August 1, 2011

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781926836614
    File size: 1891 KB
    Release date: August 1, 2011

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781926836614
    File size: 1894 KB
    Release date: August 1, 2011

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    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
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  • Languages
    English