Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) are delighted to announce that the winner of the SSN Book Award 2018 is:

Creditworthy: A History of Consumer Surveillance and Financial Identity in America by Josh Lauer, Columbia University Press

We received several book nominations for the award. The quality of all nominated books was outstanding. Creditworthy was chosen as the winner by a panel of judges who were impressed by its empirical depth and analytical sharpness. The book should be of interest to all surveillance scholars around the globe.

Condensed and paraphrased from the publisher page:

Creditworthy is the first comprehensive history of credit bureaus, which today are multi-billion-dollar corporations that track our movements, spending behavior, and financial status. The book explores the evolution of credit reporting from its nineteenth-century origins to the rise of the modern consumer data industry. By revealing the sophistication of early credit reporting networks, Creditworthy highlights the leading role that commercial surveillance has played—ahead of state surveillance systems—in monitoring the economic lives of citizens.

The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the annual Surveillance Studies Book Award 2018.

The award is given in recognition of an outstanding monograph on surveillance published during the preceding year. We are currently inviting nominations for 2018 (*books with a ‘2017’ copyright date).

• Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes.
• The winner/s will be announced in late 2018.
• The winner/s will be honored at the 2020 SSN conference.

The winner will receive an award amount of £100 (to be split among authors if there is more than one), as well as a 1-year membership for the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN), which provides benefits including discounts on all SSN-sponsored conferences and events.

The deadline for nominations and the receipt of three (3) books from the publisher is 9^th July 2018. Please note, books will not be returned.

Using the subject heading “SSN Book Award 2018,” please email the committee chair, Kevin Walby (k.walby@uwinnipeg.ca) to nominate a book. Please include the title of the book, year of publication, author, publishing house, and a paragraph of no more than 300 words detailing specifics about why this book would be suitable for the award.

We require three (3) copies of each book for the prize committee. Have one copy sent to each of the following postal addresses:

• William G. Staples, Department of Sociology, The University of Kansas, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd., 716 Fraser Hall Lawrence, Kansas, United States, 66045-754
• Jennifer R. Whitson, Department of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo 2045 PAS Building, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
• Kevin Walby, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg, Centennial Hall, 3rd Floor, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3B 2E9, Phone: 204-786-9105

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the SSN Book Award 2017 is:

Surveillance and Film by J. Macgregor Wise (Bloomsbury 2016)

The quality of nominations this year was outstanding. Surveillance and Film was chosen as the winner by a panel of judges who were particularly impressed by its insightful analysis and engaging style. The book will be of interest to all surveillance scholars irrespective of their specific focus.

Congratulations Greg for a fantastic contribution to surveillance studies!

The winner will be

• honored at the upcoming SSN conference (7-9 June 2018, Aarhus, Denmark)
• receive an award amount of £100
• get a 1-year membership for the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN)