Reference no: EM132211081

Government surveillance is said to address threats to public safety and national security. In addition, private sector organizations often claim that the collection and analysis of “big data” leads to highly efficient business practices and better service to customers. Yet, the methods and scope of surveillance in the 21st century generate difficult questions for policy makers. Suppose it is your task to find an acceptable balance between, on the one hand, the use of surveillance to enhance public safety and national security and, on the other hand, society’s interest in guaranteeing personal privacy. To which fields of academic or professional activity will you turn for perspective and guidance? How, in your view, do these various fields of academic or professional endeavor inform policy debate about surveillance in a democratic society? Carefully explain your responses. [note: the purpose of this question is to cause you to think in interdisciplinary ways about the matters of “surveillance society” and person privacy.]