Sociology 2212A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hidden Camera, Jeremy Bentham, Panopticism
20 Apr 2016
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The focused, systematic and routine attention to personal details for purposes of influence, management, protection or direction. david. Now: now there"s a shift in conducting surveillance, now people don"t know they"re being watched under surveillance. Traditional surveillance still engaged by governmental/ private organizations (companies: imbalance of power with people who conduct surveillance. Social surveillance the ability to see others information: engaged by people of equals ex: facebook/ 3) reciprocity do so voluntarily ex: using a nanny cam in your home. Sousveillance high group at the top & lower at the bottom (hierarchy: many people watch few ex: we record police on how they do their job (whistle-blowers) Who conducts surveillance: government organizations, private companies, individuals, all of the above. Right of an individual to control access to a person information, including determining, when and how and to what extent they will release personal information.
