Everyday surveillance vigilance and visibility in postmodern life, second edition

When we think of surveillance in our society, we usually imagine “Big Brother” scenarios with the government tracking our every move. The actual surveillance of our everyday lives is much more subtle, however, and may be more insidious. William G. Staples shows how our lives are tracked by both publ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Staples, William G
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc 2014
Edition2nd ed.
Subjects
Electronic surveillance
Privacy
Social control
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Table of Contents:
  • Everyday surveillance: vigilance and visibility in postmodern life, second edition -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One: Everyday Surveillance -- Chapter Two: The Scaffold, the Penitentiary, and Beyond -- Chapter Three: The Gaze and Its Compulsions -- Chapter Four: Bodily Intrusions -- Chapter Five: Wired.I.Am: The Digital Life 2.0 -- Chapter Six: The Anatomy of Visibility -- Notes -- Selected References -- Index -- About the Author.