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Title:
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SECURITY CYNICISM: TRAVELERS' EXPERIENCE OF SECURITY IN ENCOUNTERING AIRPORT SECURITY |
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Author(s):
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Thomas Østerlie, Håvard Tronhus, Ole Georg Pettersen |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-20-5 |
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Editors:
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Gunilla Bradley |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Social implications of ICT, security, airport security, technology policy, grounded theory. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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66 |
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Last Page:
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74 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Based upon a study of travelers' subjective experience of security in encountering airport security, this paper argues that the ICTs used in airport security contribute to heightening travelers' awareness of the shortcomings of the security checkpoint. Travelers therefore experience existing security measures as tokenistic security. Caught in the tension between the existing security measures and increased awareness of potential dangers, travelers grow cynical of the intentions and effects of airport security. This is called security cynicism. The paper discusses the implications of security cynicism to ICT policy-making. |
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