The final assignment is a research essay examining the government responses to COVID-19. To what extent can the Australian response to COVID-19 be understood as one or more of the following: 1. Social...

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The final assignment is a research essay examining the government responses to COVID-19.




To what extent can the Australian response to COVID-19 be understood as one or more of the following:


1. Social sorting


2. Panopticism


3. Surveillant assemblage


4. Surveillance Capitalism?




To answer this question you need to determine the extent and importance of these theories as a way of explaining and analysing the COVID-19 responses. We have focused on COVIDSafe App but you are free to focus on other aspects of the responses such as policing practices (though there is limited information on this), government directives (the regulations that create the new restrictions and offences) etc.




As this is a dynamic and unfolding development the research is likely to be drawn from media reports, but your task is to not only identify this content but to apply it to the theories.




For instance, COVID-19 clearly has social sorting dimensions but social sorting is not inherently ‘bad’, only potentially so. To what extent does the App for instance have the capacity to provide social sorting that is not inherently ‘bad’? Second, there are panoptic dimensions but is this the best way to understand COVIDSafe or other aspects of the pandemic responses? There are also dimensions of surveillant assemblages and to a lesser extent (currently) of surveillance capitalism (AWS is the holder of the data storage contract). At this point I do not see aspects of platform policing directly. There have been reports based on police body worn cameras but I have not seen reporting that suggests the kind of data analytics from platforms providing heat maps of offences for instance (though I do know that WA Police were given funding for the purchase of 100 ANPRs and 100 electronic ankle bracelets).




Word length – 2000 +/- 10%


Referencing should have two parts:


1. Academic references which at this stage will largely be on the theories. Some have already used additional references in assignments 1 and 2 and can continue to use these and potentially add to them. I anticipate around 5 academic articles


2. Media (broadly). There is a lot being written by journalists but also by academics providing opinion articles, and by NGOs providing brief insights or reports. It is pretty open. Again I expect at least 5 articles, but the actual number will be determined by article type, length and depth of analysis.

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Due Date: 09/06/2020
Abstract
We know the fact that due to the spread of COVID 19 most of the countries and companies are facing different internal and external problems. The pandemic is directly affected the common life of the people and it a
lso created problems to the economic development. The government and healthcare professionals are trying different tools and practices for reducing the healthcare problems related to COVID 19. While analysing the activities and programs implemented by the Australian government we can understand that they introduced APP called COVIDsafe that helps the people to get the latest information and guidelines for managing the issues related with the pandemic. In this research paper, we are explaining and analysing the COVID-19 responses. We are mainly focusing on the usage and application of COVIDsafe and other aspects of the responses such as policing practices and government directives
The main objective of COVIDSafe app is to reduce the spread of the virus and helps the people to stay healthy and safe. As per the report of Business Insider (2019), Australian people are facing different problems related to the spread of the Coronavirus. The App introduced by the government is highly supportive of the territory health officials and other healthcare workers for controlling the spread of the virus productively. Covidsafe can be called first only contact trace app that is approved by the government officials of Australia. Now we can analyse the to what extent COVIDSafe App helped the Australian government for implementing various tools and aspects such as;
1. Social sorting
While analysing the operations and actions of the Australian government we can understand that with the help of COVIDSafe App developing new forms of public health tracking and monitoring. The government successfully sorted the population for providing effective treatment. It also helped the government for implementing effective programs and activities for managing the issues related to COVID 19. The government is considered social sorting as a productive tool for Surveillance or monitoring. According to the words of Thomas (2019) social sorting simply means, dividing the people or group into various categories. We know the fact that the healthcare need of one person is different from another person (Fitts et al 2020, p.347). Due to the spread of COVID 19, most of the people required special care and support. By implementing social sorting, the government understand the needs of the individuals and it also helped the government to control the spread of the virus to a certain extent. David Lyon (2012) the person who propounded the concept of social sorting stated that social sorting is helpful for the government for implementing health-related programs and activities.
With the help of App, the government integrated information about the people in the country and it also helped the government for categorizing the people into two categories;
1. High Risk
2. Low Risk
Again the government categorized the people into three categories;
1. Category A – No need to visit hospitals and no need for COVID testing
2. Category B – Test for COVID 
3. Category C – Recovered
While analysing all these aspects we can understand that the government Australian successfully used the concept of social sorting for preventing the virus and for protecting the life of the people. We know the fact that the government must protect the life of the people. For protecting the health and life of the people the government has to adopt or implement innovative practices and policies. The app also helped the government for understanding the problems and...
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