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The E-Government Surveillance in the United States: Public Opinion on Government Wiretapping Powers

The E-Government Surveillance in the United States: Public Opinion on Government Wiretapping Powers

Ramona Sue McNeal, Mary Schmeida, Justin Holmes
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781522509837|ISBN10: 1522509836|EISBN13: 9781522509844
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0983-7.ch055
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McNeal, Ramona Sue, et al. "The E-Government Surveillance in the United States: Public Opinion on Government Wiretapping Powers." Biometrics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1359-1381. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0983-7.ch055

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McNeal, R. S., Schmeida, M., & Holmes, J. (2017). The E-Government Surveillance in the United States: Public Opinion on Government Wiretapping Powers. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Biometrics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1359-1381). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0983-7.ch055

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McNeal, Ramona Sue, Mary Schmeida, and Justin Holmes. "The E-Government Surveillance in the United States: Public Opinion on Government Wiretapping Powers." In Biometrics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1359-1381. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0983-7.ch055

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Abstract

Since the 2001 U.S. Patriot Act passed in response to the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., government wiretapping powers have evolved in scope and practice. Although overall public opinion favors government protection from terrorism, public support for government surveillance has ebbed and flowed. Recently, public opinion polls suggest that there has been a shift from supporting government wiretapping activities toward protecting individual civil liberty. A number of competing explanations have developed from sources ranging from the literature on Right Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) to evolving beliefs about personal information privacy. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze factors predicting changing public support for government surveillance. Multivariate regression analysis and individual level data from the 2012 American National Election Time Series Study are used to test rival explanations.

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