Easy Security and Privacy

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H03385
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: Adams Andrew 明治大学, 研究・知財戦略機構, 研究推進員 (90581752)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 岡田 仁志 国立情報学研究所, 情報社会相関研究系, 准教授 (10333543) ; 菊池 浩明 明治大学, 総合数理学部, 専任教授 (20266365) ; 新保 史生 慶應義塾大学, 総合政策学部(藤沢), 教授 (20361355) ; 村田 潔 明治大学, 商学部, 専任教授 (70229988) ; 上杉 志朗 松山短期大学, 商科, 教授(移行) (70341279) ; 中西 晶 明治大学, 経営学部, 専任教授 (70347277) ; 折戸 洋子 愛媛大学, 社会共創学部, 准教授 (70409423) ; 山崎 由香里 成蹊大学, 経済学部, 教授 (80349159) ; 齋藤 孝道 明治大学, 理工学部, 専任教授 (90307702) ; 福田 康典 明治大学, 商学部, 専任教授 (90386417) ; 後藤 厚宏 情報セキュリティ大学院大学, その他の研究科, 教授 (90558868)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: Security / Privacy

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A cross-country study of attitudes to Snowden's revelations in Japan, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, New Zealand, People's Republic of China, and Taiwan. Showing some useful and interesting similarities and differences between attitudes to government surveillance and expectations of privacy across those countries. In order to analyse social policy issues, the methods of film studies have been applied in new ways. This innovative method of analysis reveals the process by which citizens understand concepts such as technical and legal power, control, rationality, ethics, etc. via superhero movies

Free Research Field

Information Ethics

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Use of film studies approaches to understand the impact of popular culture on understanding of policy issues.
An understanding of attitudes contributing to the public policy debate around surveillance.