This qualitative study explores how disabled individuals experience digital surveillance, focusing on the intersecting dimensions of privacy, security, autonomy, and accessibility. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 15 university students with diverse disabilities in T & uuml;rkiye, the research reveals that surveillance technologies simultaneously enable social inclusion and intensify exclusionary practices. Participants describe digital systems-such as health and education platforms-not only as access tools but also as mechanisms of control and categorization. Thematic analysis uncovers five core dynamics: 1) autonomy-privacy dilemmas, 2) surveillance as protection and behavior regulation, 3) the impact of surveillance on discrimination, 4) differences in perception according to type of disability, and 5) personal strategies of digital resistance. The study critically engages with disability justice and surveillance theories to argue that surveillance is not a neutral or purely protective tool, but a socio-technical power structure that reproduces inequalities under the guise of accessibility. Policy and technology design implications are discussed. Sociol & oacute;gia 2026, Vol. 58 (No. 2: 160-188)
One of the most affected areas by the COVID-19 pandemic was consumer shopping behavior due to various retail restrictions, leading to panic buying and stockpiling. This study examines the changes in shopping habits of hedonistic and utilitarian consumers in Slovakia from 2019 to 2022, focusing on stockpiling, impulse and online shopping. Results indicate a pandemic-driven increase in stockpiling for both groups of consumers, with utilitarians returning to pre-pandemic behavior postrestrictions, while hedonists adapted to new behaviors. Impulse shopping increased for both groups during the pandemic, more sharply and persistently among hedonists. Online shopping grew by approximately 10% for both groups with hedonists maintaining higher levels of online shopping post-pandemic, while utilitarians gradually returned to prepandemic levels. The results suggest a different adaptation to the "new normal" in the case of hedonists and utilitarians. The study highlights the necessity of understanding consumer shopping behavior during crises to better handle future situations.
