The Virtual Deputy: Digital Surveillance and Neoliberal Governmentality
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sen, Biswarup | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Stroo, Sara | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-03T23:36:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-03T23:36:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis interrogates the website BlueServo.net through a neoliberal framework with a focus on surveillance theory. BlueServo is a site that registers users as "Virtual Deputies" and allows them to file reports with U.S. Border Patrol on activity observed through camera feeds trained on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Employing textual analysis of the site and its attendant Facebook page, four thematic categories emerge for analysis: Labor, Entertainment, State, and Social Sorting. This thesis concludes with a discussion of the site in relation to reality TV and video game culture and the future of increasingly sophisticated and widely accessible digital surveillance as applied to social minorities. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/13316 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | BlueServo | en_US |
| dc.subject | Immigration | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nationalism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Neoliberalism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Surveillance | en_US |
| dc.title | The Virtual Deputy: Digital Surveillance and Neoliberal Governmentality | en_US |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | School of Journalism and Communication | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Oregon | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en_US |
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