surveillance Flashcards
(12 cards)
foucault
“prisons ate a metaphor for how all of us are controlled and watched by those in power”
what does foucault there has been a shift from?
Shift from sovereign power to disciplinary power >
This change from the power over bodies, to the power over body, mind and soul
AO2: snoopers charter 2012
gave access of calls, emails and texts to special intelligence and police, as well as track movement in the last 12 months
AO2: Edward Snowden
whistleblower who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs
AO3:
foucault over-exaggerates the extent of control and overestimates the power of surveillance to change behaviour
Gill and Loveday
found that few robbers, burglars and shoplifters were put off by CCTV - it falsely reassures the public but makes little difference to victimisation
Koskela
criticises CCTV as n extension of the ‘male gaze’ - whilst it renders women ore visible to the voguerism of the male camera operator, it does not make them more secure
synoptic surveillance: Mathiesen
argues ‘everyone watches everyone’ which allows al groups to be aware of their actions
AO3 against synoptic surveillance
modern technology is owned by the elite, ultimately keeping them in control
surveillant assemblages: Haggerty & Ericson
- argue surveillance technologies now involve the manipulation of virtual bodies in cyberspace rather than physical bodies in physical space
- we are now moving towards a world in which data from different technologies can be combined to create a “data double” of the individual
Actuarial justice and risk management: Feeley and Simon
- calculation and risk is now used in surveillance
- they target certain groups based on a risk score
- this creates folk devils and moral panics
Lyon
argues the purpose of “social sorting” is to be able to categorise people so they can be treated differently according to the level of risk they pose
