Surveillance and journalism - a list of research publications

#1

I'm interested in gathering academic research and reports on the impact of surveillance on journalism. I'm more familiar with research in the U.S., but it would also be good to learn more about non-Western journalism and media activism. Can you help?

#2

So far I have on the list...

FDR Group (2013). Chilling effects: NSA surveillance drives us writers to self-censor. PEN America. http://www.pen.org/chilling-Effects

FDR Group (2015). Global Chilling: The impact of mass surveillance on international writers. PEN America. http://pen.org/global-chill

Henrichsen, J. R., Betz, M., & Lisosky, J. M. (2015). Building digital safety for journalism: A survey of selected issues. UNESCO. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/building_digital_safety_for_journalism_unesco_launches_a_new_publication/

Human Rights Watch & ACLU (2014, July 28). With liberty to monitor all: How large-scale US surveillance is harming journalism, law, and American democracy. http://www.hrw.org/node/127364

McGregor, S. E., Charters, P., Holliday, T., & Roesner, F. (2015). Investigating the computer security practices and needs of journalists. In Proceedings of the 24th USENIX Security Symposium, 2015. http://www.franziroesner.com/pdf/journalism-sec15.pdf

Pew Research Center (2015). Investigative journalists and digital security. Pew Research Journalism Project. http://www.journalism.org/2015/02/05/investigative-journalists-and-digital-security/

Shelton, M. - yep, that's me (2015). The role of corporate and government surveillance in shifting journalistic information security practices. https://mshelt.onl/p/shelton_2015.pdf

Walker, C., & Waters, C. (2015). Learning security: Information security education for journalists. Tow Center for Digital Journalism. http://towcenter.org/research/learning-security-information-security-education-for-journalists/

Edit:
Adding more…

Ramos, J. G. (2016) Journalist security in the digital world: A survey - are we using the right tools? Center for Media Assistance. http://www.cima.ned.org/resource/journalist-security-in-the-digital-world/

McGregor, S.E. Roesner, F., & Caine, K. (2016). Individual versus organizational computer security and privacy concerns in journalism. Privacy Enhancing Technologies. http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popets.2016.2016.issue-4/popets-2016-0046/popets-2016-0046.xml

McGregor, S. E. & Watkins, E. A. (2016). "Security by Obscurity": Journalists' mental models of information security. International Symposium on Online Journalism. https://isojjournal.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/security-by-obscurity-journalists-mental-models-of-information-security/

Berret, C. (2016). Guide to SecureDrop. Tow Center for Digital Journalism. http://towcenter.org/new-report-guide-to-securedrop/

#3

Hi Martin,

This is a very strong piece focusing on the effect of MS on minority voices

Stoycheff, E. (2016). Under Surveillance: Examining Facebook’s Spiral of Silence Effects in the Wake of NSA Internet Monitoring. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly http://m.jmq.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/02/25/1077699016630255.full.pdf?ijkey=1jxrYu4cQPtA6&keytype=ref&siteid=spjmq

Hope it helps

Nik

#4

The Tow Center + Media Lab submitted a public comment to Obama's Review Group on Intelligence and Communication Technologies (remember that?) in late 2013. It still covers a fair amount of ground, particularly in the discrepancies between DOJ and NSA treatment of journalist surveillance. Spoiler: DOJ is much more reasonable.

The Effects of Mass Surveillance on Journalism

#5

European Interagency Security Forum (2014):

"Trends in Intelligence Gathering by Governments"
http://commstech-hub.eisf.eu/uploads/4/0/2/4/40242315/rory_byrne_trends_in_intelligence_gathering_by_governments_eisf_october_2014.pdf

"Measures for Mitigating Cyber-Security Risks"
http://commstech-hub.eisf.eu/uploads/4/0/2/4/40242315/rory_byrne_measures_for_mitigating_cyber-security_risks_eisf_october_2014_.pdf

#6

Interesting piece documenting the impact of surveillance on people using wikipedia to research sensitive issues:

"Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use" - John Penney, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 2016

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2769645

#7

This one isn't specifically on effects on journalism, it's more focused on Google users' search behavior in general, but still, I think it's interesting:
"Government Surveillance and Internet Search Behavior" - Alex Marthews, Catherine Tucker (2015) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2412564

#8

Great list!

#9

Hey, I think I have a couple more...

Also, some articles on teaching digisec to journalists (do these belong here?)...