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Title | Emotional space and public perceptions of CCTV surveillance |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Lam, B. H. W. [林曉蔚]. (2021). Emotional space and public perceptions of CCTV surveillance. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Given drastic socio-political changes and rapid technological advancement, surveillance
innovations have been flourishing in response to growing awareness of risks, evoking diverse
perceptions and emotions. Conceptualizing “emotional space”, Koskela (2000) argues that
video surveillance can be intrinsically contradictory, i.e. evoking positive and negative feelings
simultaneously, and such contradiction is meaningful rather than irrational. She then
summarizes that emotional space is 1) meaningfully ambivalent; 2) social; and 3) shapes one’s
interpretation of space. However, there is a lack of empirical studies in this subject area.
Against this backdrop, this study aims to provide empirical evidence with public perceptions
of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance in Hong Kong to “fill up” this “emotional
space”.
Through semi-structured interviews with eight interviewees recruited through convenience
sampling, this research study finds diverse and generally ambivalent emotions and perceptions
of CCTV surveillance in Yau Tsim Mong (YTM) District. In addition to Koskela’s (2000)
explanation on the feeling of having control over the situation in evoking emotions, this
research study further makes sense of the ambivalence with the notions of risk and uncertainties
in postmodernity and argues that emotional space is ambivalent because emotions and
perceptions are contextually dependent and socially constructed in our current risk-laden
society. Regarding the impact, such emotions and perceptions have affected one’s
interpretation of space, but only led to little behavioral responses.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Closed-circuit television - Public opinion - China - Hong Kong Video surveillance - Public opinion - China - Hong Kong |
Dept/Program | Criminology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/328165 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lam, Bonnie Hiu Wai | - |
dc.contributor.author | 林曉蔚 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-05T09:05:36Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-05T09:05:36Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Lam, B. H. W. [林曉蔚]. (2021). Emotional space and public perceptions of CCTV surveillance. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/328165 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Given drastic socio-political changes and rapid technological advancement, surveillance innovations have been flourishing in response to growing awareness of risks, evoking diverse perceptions and emotions. Conceptualizing “emotional space”, Koskela (2000) argues that video surveillance can be intrinsically contradictory, i.e. evoking positive and negative feelings simultaneously, and such contradiction is meaningful rather than irrational. She then summarizes that emotional space is 1) meaningfully ambivalent; 2) social; and 3) shapes one’s interpretation of space. However, there is a lack of empirical studies in this subject area. Against this backdrop, this study aims to provide empirical evidence with public perceptions of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance in Hong Kong to “fill up” this “emotional space”. Through semi-structured interviews with eight interviewees recruited through convenience sampling, this research study finds diverse and generally ambivalent emotions and perceptions of CCTV surveillance in Yau Tsim Mong (YTM) District. In addition to Koskela’s (2000) explanation on the feeling of having control over the situation in evoking emotions, this research study further makes sense of the ambivalence with the notions of risk and uncertainties in postmodernity and argues that emotional space is ambivalent because emotions and perceptions are contextually dependent and socially constructed in our current risk-laden society. Regarding the impact, such emotions and perceptions have affected one’s interpretation of space, but only led to little behavioral responses. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Closed-circuit television - Public opinion - China - Hong Kong | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Video surveillance - Public opinion - China - Hong Kong | - |
dc.title | Emotional space and public perceptions of CCTV surveillance | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Criminology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044427943703414 | - |