An authoritarian personality for the 21st century

tolerance toward state and corporate surveillance in Sweden, Portugal and Estonia

Résumé

What role does the historical legacy of totalitarianism or authoritarianism visvis global techno-cultural developments, embodied in generational experiences and values, play in the formation of attitudes toward contemporary state and corporate surveillance? Based on survey data and focus groups from Sweden, Estonia and Portugal, this paper discusses predictors for tolerance toward both state surveillance and corporate dataveillance.