SOC316H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Prenatal Diagnosis, Gmail, Air Miles
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Surveillant assemblage (delueze & guattari: tedtalk questions, characteristics of surveillance. Problem of security never focus on what you did but your likelihood of doing something. Ex. tying down computers in the library so no one will steal them. Being observed, watched and the collection of data (ex. When you come to utm, you expect to be surveillance (rosi = dataveillance), agree to be surveilled. Not just about the act of watching but the process of recording data. World divided into 3 parts/nations and are constantly at war with each other. One has a totalitarian party who crushes any opponent through big brother on screens (state of constant surveillance by the state) Upper and middle classes to be watched, lower classes are left to their own devices (separated and don"t really matter) Winston smith = trying to remain his individuality as a person and think for himself, caves to big. Brother because of his lost of dignity (afraid of the rats)
