Safe or Free?
Comparative Analysis of Media Discourses on Security
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. June 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-3-8474-0684-6 (ISBN)
Description
One of the biggest dilemmas of our times is how much safety and security we desire and what price we are prepared to pay for it. By applying and advancing the methods of social research this book fills the gap in the study of security and security risks by analyzing unique data (media, survey, macro data) of transnational security issues in three areas of critical infrastructure - air transport, public transport and energy provision networks.
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Persons
Dr. Petra Guasti is a researcher/senior lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
Dr. Zdenka Mansfeldová is a senior scholar at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
Dr. Zdenka Mansfeldová is a senior scholar at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
Content
IntroductionSection I. Theoretical frameworkI.1.Theoretical framework (tension between security and freedom)I.2. SECONOMICS methodology of comparative media analysisI.3. Media landscape in countries under studyI.4. Influence of domestic and international context on media reportingI.5. Interplay between attitudes and policiesSection II. Analysis of the discourses of security and risk in the mediaII.1. CCTV camerasII.2. StuxnetII.3. 3D Body scannerSection III. Comparative chaptersThis part combines results and findings obtained in the three case studies with media, industry and macro data.III.1. Security Measures: Acceptance of Airport SecurityIII.2. Air Passengers' Security Perception and air travel intentionIII.3. Security and customer satisfaction in public transportIII.4. Stuxnet as an example of cyber threatConclusion i- Future and emerging threats