SOC313H1 Chapter 8: Chapter 8.docx
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Surveillance: any collection and processing of personal data, whether identifiable or not, for the purposes of influencing or managing those whose data have been garndered (david lyon 2001) Surveillance involves the purposive monitoring of conduct to allow for the identification, acquisition and classification of information with the intention of modifying that conduct in some manner. Foucault (1977): a figure of the syndic" was appointed from amongst the members of the community to keep watch over its condition and to record the spread of disease within it. The syndic was monitored by the intendants," who reported to the magistrates, who reported to the mayor. Characteristics of new surveillance: extent to which it is embedded within the routines of everyday life: accustomed to having behaviour monitored in a range of venues, it is based upon remote observation," performed via a mediating technology.
