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This contribution explores the discursive practices employed in public discussion about security in three European countries: Germany, France and the UK. Initiated by a thwarted terrorist attack on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, European parliaments as well as the media discussed the (re)introduction of body scanners as part of the airport security measures. The focus of attention in this study lies on the cultural and linguistic comparison of discursively constructed concepts of security and safety, the criteria and selection procedures for scanning air passengers and the representation of public checkpoints including the deployed new technologies based on ubiquitous computing.

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