Frith Jordan, Saker Michael
Clemson University, USA.
City, University of London, UK.
Soc Media Soc. 2020 Jul 30;6(3):2056305120948257. doi: 10.1177/2056305120948257. eCollection 2020 Jul.
Mobile phone location data have become tied to understandings of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data visualizations have used mobile phone data to inform people about how mobility practices may be linked to the spread of the virus, and governments have explored contact tracing that relies upon mobile phone data. This article examines how these uses of location data implicate three particular issues that have been present in the growing body of locative media research: (1) anonymized data are often not anonymous, (2) location data are not always representative and can exacerbate inequality, and (3) location data are a key part of the extension of the surveillance state.
手机位置数据已与对新冠疫情的理解及应对联系在一起。数据可视化利用手机数据告知人们出行方式可能如何与病毒传播相关联，各国政府也在探索依靠手机数据进行接触者追踪。本文探讨了位置数据的这些用途如何涉及定位媒体研究不断增多的文献中一直存在的三个特定问题：（1）匿名化的数据往往并非真正匿名，（2）位置数据并不总是具有代表性，且可能加剧不平等，（3）位置数据是监控国家扩展的关键部分。
