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surveillance by…the stateindustriesinstitutionseach otherourselvesmachines

surveillance by the state

surveillance by industries

Google CEO Eric Schmidt, September 7, 2010

surveillance by institutions

“The LANrev software program took screen shots and webcam photos every 15 seconds

when activated. The district thereby captured over 400 screen shots and webcam images of

Harriton High School sophomore Blake Robbins, according to court filings this week in his

lawsuit.”Friday, April 16, 2010

surveillance by each other

surveillance by ourselves

surveillance by machines

“It used to take effort to be public. Today, it takes effort to be

private.” danah boyd – 25 January 2010

three types of surveillance society: PANOPTIC, SYNOPTIC, OMNOPTIC

panoptic: few > many

synoptic: many > few

omnoptic: many > many

you live in public

The Panopticon (1785)

Foucault: control

Deleuze: disciplin

e

Mattelart: suspicion

“Appropriating the new forms of communication, people have built their

own system of mass self-communication”

Manuel Castells

why live in public?

surveillance has rewards

attention is addictive

seeing and being seen

social bonding and grooming

who cares?