In this article, we review Alice Marwick’s book, The Private is Political: Networked Privacy and Social Media, published by Yale University Press in 2023. In the book, Marwick argues that the digital nature of the social media landscape fundamentally changes contemporary notions of privacy. We trace three specific elements of her argument, namely: (1) the design of networked technologies to connect and leak, (2) the subsequent differential harms on those historically marginalized, and (3) the need to shift from individualized to more contextual and structural understandings of privacy. We discuss the implications of these arguments not just for privacy, but for expression. We describe the tensions around freedom of expressions and content moderation online. Finally, we conclude with a reflection on these arguments for academic expression given the socio-technological context in which we work and the differential harms that impact academics from historically marginalized communities. Building on Marwick’s arguments, we call for a social, contextual, and structural approach for responding to the targeted harassment of academics to protect and ensure academic freedom for all.

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网络隐私及其更广泛的影响


在本文中，我们回顾了 Alice Marwick 的著作《私人即政治：网络隐私和社交媒体》，该书由耶鲁大学出版社于 2023 年出版。在书中，Marwick 认为社交媒体领域的数字性质从根本上改变了当代的隐私观念。我们追溯了她论点的三个具体要素，即：（1） 设计用于连接和泄漏的网络技术，（2） 随后对历史上被边缘化的人造成的不同伤害，以及 （3） 需要从个性化转变为对隐私的更多上下文和结构性理解。我们讨论这些论点不仅对隐私的影响，而且对表达的影响。我们描述了围绕在线表达自由和内容审核的紧张局势。最后，鉴于我们工作的社会技术背景以及影响历史上边缘化社区的学者的不同危害，我们反思了这些学术表达的论点。以马维克的论点为基础，我们呼吁采取一种社会、情境和结构性方法来应对针对学者的骚扰，以保护和确保所有人的学术自由。