Dutch Media Discourse on Proctoring and Surveillance Legitimation

Gerrit Kiewiet's dataset contains a collection of mass and specialized media sources analyzed to examine the legitimation of proctoring technology in Dutch higher education. The research applies critical discourse analysis to identify the discursive strategies used by media to normalize and justify digital surveillance. This case study argues these processes facilitate the institutionalization of controversial technologies beyond the educational context.

Use Cases

• Critical discourse analysis based on recorded media sources
• Studying media's role in technology legitimation based on the described discursive strategies
• Comparative case studies on surveillance in education based on the Dutch proctoring context
• Examining the institutionalization of controversial technologies based on the study's theoretical framework

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0
• Focuses on a specific, contemporary case (proctoring in Dutch HE)
• Cross-platform presence on figshare suggests curation and importance

Limitations

• Column names and exact row count are not provided, limiting understanding of data structure
• The dataset size (101630) is ambiguous and could refer to file size in bytes, not record count
• Temporal coverage of the media sources is not specified

Provenance

Source

Gerrit Kiewiet

Collection Method

Media sources recorded and analyzed via critical discourse analysis.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24

Geography

Netherlands (Dutch higher education context)