Reflections through Cyberspace

Tomorrow I only have a lecture between 9 and 11am, so I will try to spend some time at the library to do some more research. Up to now I have not spent much time at the library..I only collected or returned books once in a while, but tomorrow I will try to do some [...]

At the moment I’m starting to feel the panic of the dissertation. According to my calculations, I have around 70 days before I have to submit my dissertation. My problem is that I am still  behind in writing. I am spending time on research because I am discovering a lot of issues which I can [...]

A couple of days ago I wrote a post about CCTV cameras, and whether these are really reducing crime or not. I also posted a link to a particular article about this topic, which was about CCTV cameras in neighbourhoods. However, one cannot not mention the use of video surveillance in shops. The use of [...]

Some argue that CCTV cameras can reduce crime; after all that is the main aim behind installing cameras. However there are those who argue that CCTV cameras increase surveillance and reduce privacy, leading to a surveilled society.
According to a survey, as outlined in this article, a comparison of the number of cameras in each [...]

At the moment I am going through a number of articles,  news, summaries from books and other material related to my dissertation, which I have researched in the past months. I still have a lot of research to do, but at least I will start by putting the research material I have found up to [...]

This evening I received an email from my tutor with comments about my introduction. I have to go through it to correct and add a couple of things, but overall I am quite pleased with the comments and my tutor seems positive as well

I just watched a couple of minutes from a TV programme on a local TV station, and they were discussing the same topic which I am researching for my dissertation. This reminded me that as soon as exams are over, I need to decide where to conduct interviews, and also a list of questions and [...]

Why is it that when I needed to start writing my dissertation, I couldn’t come up with many ideas since I was not in the ‘writing mood’, and now that I really need to study I’ve got a lot of ideas which I want to write down. I’ll just have to write down the [...]

Whilst doing some research related to surveillance, I came across the 2007 International Privacy Ranking. Basically this is a survey of global privacy. The Privacy & Human Rights Report surveys developments in 70 countries, assessing the state of surveillance and privacy protection.

Below is a summary of key findings:
* The 2007 rankings indicate an overall worsening [...]

One of the books I just started reading last Saturday as part of researching the topic for my dissertation is Nineteen Eighty Four, written by George Orwell.
Whilst writing this post, I was reminded of the time when I was in London and whilst walking around Notting Hill, I saw the house where George Orwell used [...]