... evaluated in both countries as serving public interest. However, PRC students indicated they were less likely to emulate Snowden than those from Taiwan did. Originality/value This study is the first attempt to investigate the social impact of Snowden’s revelations on PRC and Taiwanese youngsters...

... attempt to investigate the social impact of Snowden’s revelations on German students’ attitudes toward privacy and state surveillance as part of cross-cultural analyses between eight countries. Germany has one of the most problematic histories in the world surrounding governmental surveillance...

... of amnesty for virtually all of the activities of the government during Franco’s regime (Rodríguez Tejada, 2014). © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Surveillance Spain Privacy Social impact Edward Snowden In June 2013...

...Kiyoshi Murata; Yasunori Fukuta; Yohko Orito; Andrew A. Adams Purpose This paper aims to deal with the attitudes towards and social impact of Edward Snowden’s revelations in Japan, taking the Japanese socio-cultural and political environment surrounding privacy and state surveillance into account...

... their privacy and human rights. Originality/value This study is the first attempt to investigate the social impact of Snowden’s revelations on New Zealand youngsters’ attitudes toward privacy and state surveillance as part of cross-cultural analyses between eight countries. Andrew A. Adams can...

... their own rights and dignity from covert intrusion by government agencies. Originality/value This paper clarifies the importance and methodologies of investigating the social impact of Snowden’s revelations on youngsters’ attitudes toward privacy and state surveillance in a cross-cultural analysis...

... Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Surveillance Privacy Social impact Edward Snowden Andrew A. Adams can be contacted at: aaa@meiji.ac.jp In June 2013, The Guardian in the UK and The Washington Post in the USA began...