No More Sources
The impact of Snowden’s revelations on journalists and their confidential sources
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12908656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Lashmar (0000-0001-9049-3985, University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 665-688 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17512786.2016.1179587 |
| OpenAlex | W2416810119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 15 |
From June 2013, documents leaked by the National Security Agency (NSA) dissident Edward Snowden revealed that Western intelligence agencies are capable of bulk collection of electronic communications flowing through global telecommunication systems. Surveillance data shared by the “Five Eyes” eavesdropping agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand include journalist’s communications. In the wake of the Snowden leak, Zygmunt Bauman and colleagues called for a systematic assessment of the scale, reach and character of contemporary surveillance practices. This paper explores a specific part of Bauman’s task by assessing the impact of the Snowden revelations on confidential source-based journalism. Interviews were conducted with a range of investigative journalists who have experience of covering national security in Five Eyes countries. All expressed serious concern over the intelligence agencies’ greatly enhanced capability to track journalists and to identify and neutralise their sources. The paper concludes that there is clear evidence of a paradigmatic shift in journalist–source relations as those interviewed regard Five Eyes mass surveillance as a most serious threat to the fourth estate model of journalism as practised in Western democratic countries
Agency (philosophy · Democracy · Journalism · Media studies · National security · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · United States National Security Agency · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Public Administration
Big Brother is Watching
How journalists understand the threats and opportunities of new technologies
We Have to act Like our Devices are Already Infected
The Effects of Mass Surveillance on Journalists’ Relations With Confidential Sources
Dealing with the Black Box
Electronic Surveillance and Australian Journalism
Metadata Laws, Journalism and Resistance in Australia
Relationships between Law Enforcement Authorities and Drone Journalists in Spain
Dis/organising visibilities
Optimising Emotions, Incubating Falsehoods
Token pushback
Percepções de jornalistas brasileiros sobre privacidade
Attacks Against Journalists in Brazil
Information security and journalism
The Long, Strong Arm of the Law
Can Fragmented Facts Produce Complete Truth? Exploring Short Video Investigative Journalism from Information Integration Perspective
Traditional written media coverage and cybersecurity events
I started seeing shadows everywhere
When watchdogs fight back
Surveillance after Snowden
Policing the Crisis
InterViews
News, Agenda Building, and Intelligence Agencies
What Are Financial Journalists For
Journalist–source Relations, Mediated Reflexivity and the Politics of Politics
Ulrich Beck, `Risk Society' and the Media
Sourcing Patterns of National Security Reporters
A Question of Power
Urinal or conduit? Institutional information flow between the UK intelligence services and the news media
The anatomy of leaks Tracing the path of unauthorized disclosure in the Israeli press
Journalism
After Snowden
The Natural History of the Newspaper
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |