Journal article
Tracing surveillance and auto-regulation in Singapore: ‘Smart’ responses to COVID-19
Media International Australia, Vol.177(1), pp.47-60
2020
Abstract
The wealthy and ‘smart’ city-state of Singapore was one of the first to develop a mobile tracing app called TraceTogether during the coronavirus outbreak. It then pivoted towards developing a wearable tech device in order to reach all 5.7 million residents, brushing off concerns about privacy and surveillance. This article tracks the development of TraceTogether and engages in critical debates that have ensued around the use of the app, namely around the twin implications of privacy protection and the conduct of surveillance in a panoptic and auto-regulatory society that privileges socio-political discipline and control. With health crises and pandemics becoming more commonplace, more people around the world are being persuaded to wear some loss of privacy to trust ‘smart’ technologies to aid us in fighting enemies that are deadly and invisible. Singapore could already be offering a glimpse of how this can be done now, and in the future.
Details
- Title
- Tracing surveillance and auto-regulation in Singapore: ‘Smart’ responses to COVID-19
- Authors/Creators
- T. Lee (Author/Creator)H. Lee (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Media International Australia, Vol.177(1), pp.47-60
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005542200507891
- Copyright
- © 2020 the Author(s)
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Creative Media, Arts and Design
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 6 Social Sciences
- 6.185 Communication
- 6.185.1644 Digital Privacy
- Web Of Science research areas
- Communication
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general