Switch on the Big Brother! Investigating the educational gradients in acceptance of online and public areas surveillance among European citizens

IF 2.3 1区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

European Societies Pub Date : 2022-03-03 DOI:10.1080/14616696.2022.2043412

Angelica M. Maineri, P. Achterberg, R. Luijkx

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ABSTRACT In this study, we investigate whether, and why, individuals express different levels of acceptance of surveillance depending on their educational level, and whether this relationship varies with the level of digitalization and globalization expansion of their country. Additionally, we ask whether the type of surveillance (online surveillance vs cameras in public areas) conditions these differences. We build on two theoretical frameworks, one concerned with the resurgence of authoritarian values via the cultural backlash, and the other one explaining how different people analyse manufactured risks differently due to processes of reflexive modernization. In order to test the hypotheses, we employ data from the latest wave of the European Values Study (EVS) and implement multilevel multivariate regression models. Findings indicate that the lower educated individuals are more prone to accept online surveillance, due to their stronger authoritarianism and weaker reflexive mindset; however, there is no educational gradient in acceptance of video surveillance in public areas. Additionally, the countries’ levels of digitalization and globalization expansion do not condition the educational gradient in acceptance of surveillance.

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打开“老大哥”!调查欧洲公民在接受在线和公共场所监控方面的教育梯度

在这项研究中，我们调查了个人是否以及为什么会根据他们的教育水平表达不同程度的监控接受度，以及这种关系是否会随着他们国家的数字化和全球化扩张水平而变化。此外，我们询问监控类型(在线监控与公共场所的摄像头)是否造成了这些差异。我们建立在两个理论框架上，一个是通过文化反弹关注专制价值观的复苏，另一个是解释由于反身性现代化过程，不同的人如何以不同的方式分析制造风险。为了检验这些假设，我们采用了最新一波欧洲价值观研究(EVS)的数据，并实施了多水平多元回归模型。研究发现，受教育程度较低的个体更容易接受网络监控，因为他们的威权主义更强，反射性思维更弱;然而，在公共场所接受视频监控的程度上，并没有教育程度的差异。此外，各国的数字化和全球化扩张水平并不以接受监控的教育水平为条件。

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European Societies SOCIOLOGY-

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