POL 507 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Voyeurism, Totalitarianism, Digital Footprint
29 Nov 2014
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Jeremy bentham envisioned in the late eighteenth century the panopticon as an ideal from of prison: panopticon is a building, prison and its primary aim is to embody power and control. While institutions and buildings, were set up in such a way that allowed for surveillance, technology was not yet sufficiently developed to play a larger role in enforcing surveillance. Recent technologies developments have given surveillance a completely different meaning and have taken the controversy around surveillance to new heights. Surveillance : watching over, it is observing the lives of others people and their behaviours, appearances and social relationships is a naturally occurring social process, Innocuous and unobtrusive observing: examples: coffee shops, social media sites (hours spent of viewing friends profiles information) Creeping: new and pervasive behaviour, users of social network sites have introduced. Observation as a tool for exerting power and control, as often occurs in totalitarian regimes.
