Big Data and The Phantom Public
Walter Lippmann and the fallacy of data privacy self-management
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 5260799 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jonathan A Obar (0000-0002-8984-751X, Ontario Tech University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2015 |
| Volumen | 2 |
| Número | 2 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Big Data & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2053-9517 • E-ISSN: 2053-9517 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2053951715608876 |
| OpenAlex | W3125368128 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 17 |
| Referencias citadas | 13 |
In 1927, Walter Lippmann published The Phantom Public, denouncing the 'mystical fallacy of democracy.' Decrying romantic democratic models that privilege self-governance, he writes: "I have not happened to meet anybody, from a President of the United States to a professor of political science, who came anywhere near to embodying the accepted ideal of the sovereign and omnicompetent citizen." Almost 90 years later, Lippmann's pragmatism is as relevant as ever, and should be applied in new contexts where similar self-governance concerns persist. This paper does just that, repurposing Lippmann's argument in the context of the ongoing debate over the role of the digital citizen in Big Data management. It is argued that proposals by the Federal Trade Commission, the White House and the US Congress, championing failed notice and choice privacy policy, perpetuate a self-governance fallacy comparable to Lippmann's, referred to here as the fallacy of data privacy self-management. Even if the digital citizen had the faculties and the system for data privacy self-management, the digital citizen has little time for data governance. We desire the freedom to pursue the ends of digital production, without being inhibited by the means. We want privacy, and safety, but cannot complete all that is required for its protection. If it is true that the fallacy of democracy is similar to the fallacy of data privacy self-management, then perhaps the pragmatic solution is representative data management: a combination of non/for-profit digital dossier management via infomediaries that can ensure the protection of personal data, while freeing individuals from what Lippmann referred to as an 'unattainable ideal
Civil liberties · Data governance · Data quality · Economics · Epistemology · Fallacy · Information privacy · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting · Law · Philosophy · Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Public Administration
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| Obras citantes distintas | 17 |
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| Citas por año | 1,55 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 17 |