One of the biggest dilemmas of our times is how much safety and security we desire and what price we are prepared to pay for it. By applying and advancing the methods of social research this book fills the gap in the study of security and security risks by analyzing unique data (media, survey, macro data) of transnational security issues in three areas of critical infrastructure air transport, public transport and energy provision networks.
IntroductionSection I. Theoretical frameworkI.1.Theoretical framework
(tension between security and freedom)I.2. SECONOMICS methodology of
comparative media analysisI.3. Media landscape in countries under studyI.4.
Influence of domestic and international context on media reportingI.5.
Interplay between attitudes and policiesSection II. Analysis of the
discourses of security and risk in the mediaII.1. CCTV camerasII.2.
StuxnetII.3. 3D Body scannerSection III. Comparative chaptersThis part
combines results and findings obtained in the three case studies with media,
industry and macro data.III.1. Security Measures: Acceptance of Airport
SecurityIII.2. Air Passengers' Security Perception and air travel
intentionIII.3. Security and customer satisfaction in public transportIII.4.
Stuxnet as an example of cyber threatConclusion i- Future and emerging threats
Dr. Petra Guasti is a researcher/senior lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague Dr. Zdenka Mansfeldová is a senior scholar at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
