Sociology 2106A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mass Surveillance, Legal Formalism, Voyeurism
1 Apr 2019
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1: the term "surveillance" has french roots meaning watching over, surveillance is a natural process: people watching, we all do it, negative connotation with: spying, superintendents. Looking over people with the purpose of controlling them: think of: voyeurism. Snowden case: e snowden leaked classified material, worked for cia, wanted to make citizens aware in the us that surveillance wasn"t targeted at criminals, it was targeted at entire us population. In addition to the various definitions that exist, lyon and zureik (1996) have identified three main perspectives that influence our understanding: capitalism, the rise of industrialization brought with it a significant shift in surveillance. Surveillance took 2 forms: as an internal component of production, as a means of discipline, criticisms of this perspective stress its narrow focus, not always motivated by economic factors. Simplified view of social processes: only a negative view point here: positive aspects of surveillance: can deter crimes, see what friends are doing via online.
