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The Culture of Surveillance - Watching as a Way of Life (Hardcover)
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The Culture of Surveillance - Watching as a Way of Life (Hardcover)
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From 9/11 to the Snowden leaks, stories about surveillance
increasingly dominate the headlines. But surveillance is not only
'done to us' - it is something we do in everyday life. We submit to
surveillance, believing we have nothing to hide. Or we try to
protect our privacy or negotiate the terms under which others have
access to our data. At the same time, we participate in
surveillance in order to supervise children, monitor other road
users, and safeguard our property. Social media allow us to keep
tabs on others, as well as on ourselves. This is the culture of
surveillance. This important book explores the imaginaries and
practices of everyday surveillance. Its main focus is not
high-tech, organized surveillance operations but our varied,
mundane experiences of surveillance that range from the casual and
careless to the focused and intentional. It insists that it is time
to stop using Orwellian metaphors and find ones suited to
twenty-first-century surveillance -- from 'The Circle' or 'Black
Mirror.' Surveillance culture, David Lyon argues, is not detached
from the surveillance state, society and economy. It is informed by
them. He reveals how the culture of surveillance may help to
domesticate and naturalize surveillance of unwelcome kinds, and
considers which kinds of surveillance might be fostered for the
common good and human flourishing.
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