Digital citizenship and surveillance society: UK state-media-citizen relations after the Snowden leaks

The project "Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society" investigated the implications of the Snowden revelations for key aspects of digital citizenship across issues regarding the legal and regulatory framework of digital communications; technical infrastructures and technical standards; everyday interactions with digital communication and advocacy regarding communicative rights; and investigative journalism and press freedom.

The research data provided here includes data generated through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, in particular: (1) interviews with policy stakeholders, civil society activists, and journalists (transcripts); (2) focus groups with members of the British public (transcripts); (3) content analysis of British press and blogs (SPSS data).<p>The project "Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society" examined the governance of digital citizenship - i.e. civic agency reified through the use of digital media - in an era of omnipresent surveillance. Within a cross-disciplinary and practitioner-focused framework, the project analysed the challenges for digital citizenship through four interrelated work-streams: policy, technology, civil society, and news media. These four themes were investigated through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods as well as participatory action research. The work-streams collected data through desk research and field research that combined policy document analysis, technical and software analysis, focus groups, interviews and content and discourse analysis. </p>

“数字公民与监控社会”（Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society）项目探究了斯诺登泄密事件对数字公民权核心维度的影响，涉及数字通信的法律与监管框架、技术基础设施与技术标准、日常数字通信互动与传播权利倡导，以及调查新闻与新闻自由等议题。
本数据集提供的研究数据采用定性与定量结合的方法生成，具体包括：(1) 针对政策利益相关方、民间社会活动家与记者的访谈记录；(2) 针对英国公众开展的焦点小组访谈记录；(3) 英国媒体与博客内容分析的SPSS数据。
“数字公民与监控社会”（Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society）项目聚焦全域监控时代下的数字公民权治理——即依托数字媒体具象化的公民行动能力，展开相关研究。本项目采用跨学科且面向实践者的研究框架，通过四大相互关联的研究板块剖析数字公民权面临的挑战：政策、技术、民间社会与新闻媒体。四大主题结合定性与定量方法及参与式行动研究开展探究。各研究板块通过案头研究与实地研究收集数据，涵盖政策文件分析、技术与软件分析、焦点小组访谈、访谈调研以及内容与话语分析。