By whom and by what do we want to be monitored

Surveillance and Trust in the Information Society

Abstract

As information socialization progresses, others can monitor our life using some media, for example, SNS, location, purchase history, and communication. The "others" who can monitor include such as public agencies, private companies, mass media, research institutes, people, and credit information systems. In this study, we have researched the degree of social acceptance of the surveillance, and focus on the combinations of the surveillance subject and medium. As a result, we find surveillance by credit information systems tends to be acceptable, and that by people do not. Also, purchase history tends to be acceptable, and communication does not.