dc.contributor.advisor |
Sen, Biswarup |
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dc.contributor.author |
Stroo, Sara |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-03T23:36:24Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-10-03T23:36:24Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013-10-03 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13316 |
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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. |
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dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
University of Oregon |
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dc.rights |
All Rights Reserved. |
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dc.subject |
BlueServo |
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dc.subject |
Immigration |
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dc.subject |
Nationalism |
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dc.subject |
Neoliberalism |
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dc.subject |
Surveillance |
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dc.title |
The Virtual Deputy: Digital Surveillance and Neoliberal Governmentality |
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dc.type |
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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thesis.degree.name |
M.S. |
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thesis.degree.level |
masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
School of Journalism and Communication |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
University of Oregon |
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