Surveillance and Convenience

The conditions of exposure and immediacy: Internet surveillance and Generation Y. Journal of Sociology, 51(3), 674-688.

This article is specifically about surveillance through information as well as communication technologies. According to the article, there is no much research on how surveillance is conducted in this area. Most of the research usually focuses on surveillance structural aspects. The article explains about a research conducted with individuals using Y generation internet in order to determine their experience about internet surveillance. This group of people demonstrated their awareness about internet surveillance while exposing the benefits and risks.

Hintz, A., Dencik, L., & Wahl-Jorgensen, K. (2017). Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society. International Journal of Communication (19328036), 11.

This article is specifically based on the analysis of a newspaper as well as blog coverage about Snowden revelations and their aftermath. The surveillance study demonstrates that the media by focusing on issues of national security. On the hand, blogs allow important discussions about digital citizenship hence allowing debates on privacy and civil rights. The article states that in conventional media prevent relevant debates on digital citizenship, the blogs create space for discussing problems associated with newspapers.

Thuseethan, S., & Vasanthapriyan, S. (2015). Social media as a new trend in Sri Lankan digital journalism: A surveillance. Asian Social Science, 11(10), 86.

This article mainly focuses on addressing about the rapid social media growth in Sri Lanka over last few years. According to the article, there has been increased growth in the media sector including digital journalism.
The article also argues that accessibility ofsocial media is very high as compared to traditional media sources. The article aims at conducting a research to determine social media effectiveness as well as the strategies that can be used to increase the effectiveness of social media in Sri Lanka.

Menéndez, C. K. C., Amandus, H. E., Wu, N., & Hendricks, S. A. (2016). Compliance with two city convenience store ordinance requirements. Injury prevention, 22(2), 117-122.

This article normally talks about the robbery and how to ensure the prevention of the crime. According to the article, robbery is the major cause of death and the collapse of many retail businesses. In order to minimize robbery issues, all retail businesses are advised to strictly comply with the set safety measures provided in the industry. According to a survey conducted, most of the retail business has not complied with the safety measures hence leading to increase in cases of robbery.
Charles-Smith, L. E., Reynolds, T. L., Cameron, M. A., Conway, M., Lau, E. H., Olsen, J. M. …& Corley, C. D. (2015). Using social media for actionable disease surveillance and outbreak management: a systematic literature review. PloS one, 10(10), e0139701.

This article addresses the importance of social media in disease surveillance. According to the article, social media plays a major role in improving the provision of health services. For example, it assists in identifying outbreaks of diseases faster hence leading to a fast response to the outbreak.

Kazemi, D. M., Borsari, B., Levine, M. J., & Dooley, B. (2017). A systematic review of surveillance by social media platforms for illicit drug use. Journal of Public Health, 1-14.
This article majorly focuses on addressing limitations in social media use to ensure illicit drugs surveillance globally. In order to address this issue, the literature review focused on social media ability to determine trends in the use of illicit drugs. According to the article, the rise of online social media platforms/sites has resulted in increased use of illicit drugs.

Therefore, systematic approaches should be developed in order to extract and analyze content about illicit drugs from social media efficiently hence supplementing effective prevention programs.