Living with digital surveillance in China: Citizens narratives on tech, privacy and governance

[@yttean98]

I understand Ariane took great lengths to protect her interviewees. What you don't ask her are these: 1. Did the Chinese authorities pressure her to provide them with detailed info about their interviewees? 2. Did the Chinese authorities question her in any way about the research project she conducted and her intentions? My suspicion is that the authorities have NO interest in either 1+2. They have more important things to do.

[@JJ-fr2ki]

40:15 You have to encrypt recordings in progtess, do interviews on walks, for quick questions mutiple choice questions have vectored lists and do factor analysis (but requires larger sample). Mainland urban elites are happily a safe group rarely suffering repercussions, but also adept at vague responses.

[@JJ-fr2ki]

40:15 You have to encrypt recordings in progtess, do interviews on walks, for quick questions mutiple choice questions have vectored lists and do factor analysis (but requires larger sample). Mainland urban elites are happily a safe group rarely suffering repercussions, but also adept at vague responses. - Also did interviewees have cellphones on them?

[@JJ-fr2ki]

Question answered.

[@JJ-fr2ki]

Thanks you for providing this. I am not favorably inclined to the methods and what I see as a superficial approach. Chinese studies is hard. Talking about and separating out kinds of internet surveillance concerns such as pornography attitudes is difficult. However, these are scholarly and not personal attacks on character, effort, intelligence etc. And, I will surely be citing this work.

[@psalc1]

same as here.

[@JJ-fr2ki]

Research topic: PR Chinese often complain about crimes under cameras going unsolved, including assaults. And then if solved prefer to resolve by payment contracts at police stations rather than in courts (this is an old practice). My hypothesis is that Chinese police are lazy, and work under the incentive schemes of the old CCP, haven’t reformed, and lack empathy for victims (who aren’t family members). There may be a deeper story about camera access. Stories about lazy cops abound and the fix is usually just more rules and work for cops which they find ways to avoid. Bribing police was common in the 1990s, but I don’t know the latest on the practice. Anyone?

[@JJ-fr2ki]

40:15 You have to encrypt recordings in progtess, do interviews on walks, for quick questions mutiple choice questions have vectored lists and do factor analysis (but requires larger sample). Mainland urban elites are happily a safe group rarely suffering repercussions, but also adept at vague responses. - Also did interviewees have cellphones on them?