Ephemerality as Data Prevention
Values for an Ethics of Ephemeral Mobile Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13011908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Welsh (0000-0001-8748-8392, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 419-435 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mobile Media & Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-1579 • E-ISSN: 2050-1587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2050157920932956 |
| OpenAlex | W3034443886 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 47 |
Mobile media is a chief driver of digitizing locational information, geotags, and photos that are produced and collected as we communicate with and exist within our networks. But when these data are stored and recorded—in quantities that far exceed any of our abilities to manage—mobile technology denies our ability to actively forget. This article argues that digital ephemerality via mobile applications (i.e. Snapchat, Signal, Confide, and Facebook Messenger Secret) has emerged because of the granular possibilities for data retention enabled by mobile devices. Together these applications move towards a practice of preventing data from being stored and shared. In response, “data prevention” is proposed as an ethical framework for ephemeral mobile media, and is theorized with an eye toward the distributed agency inherent to networks. This ethics is positioned within a framework of distributed agency across stakeholders that draws most directly from actor–network theory, and three commonly articulated values—trust, transparency, and privacy—are proposed. These values help to define a system of networked practices within ephemeral mobile media that requires consideration of both human and non-human actors. Building sustainable ephemeral technologies necessitates aligning shared values amongst divergent stakeholders. The article concludes by motioning to LIMITS research, where data prevention might be included, linking and further intensifying shared values across technical and social concerns
Agency (philosophy · Computer security · Ephemeral key · Internet privacy · Mobile device · Mobile media · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
Perceived ephemerality, privacy calculus, and the privacy settings of an ephemeral social media site
Datcha—Introducing a Tool to Track Data Changes and Measure (In)Consistency in Mobile Platform Data
Ephemeral design
How Disinformation on WhatsApp Went From Campaign Weapon to Governmental Propaganda in Brazil
Vibrant Matter
Disconnect
Technology and the Virtues
Memory, History, Forgetting
Organizational Transparency
Organizational Transparency
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
Information and Human Values
Updating to Remain the Same
Sharing the small moments
Reassembling the Social
Record and remember
Obfuscation
The end of forgetting
Seeing without knowing
Here, I Used to Be
Charting Sociotechnical Dimensions of Values for Design Research
The Marvelous Clouds
Mobile Interface Theory
Rhetoric as a Posthuman Practice
Social networks, mobile lives and social inequalities
Critical Questions for Big Data
Algorithmic memory and the right to be forgotten on the web
Memory Matters in the Digital Age
Habits of Leaking
Snapchat memory and youth digital sexual cultures
Morality and Technology
The Enduring Ephemeral, or the Future Is a Memory
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |