The culture of surveillance : watching as a way of life / David Lyon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyon, David, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic surveillance--Social aspects.

Electronic surveillance.

Vigilance (Psychology).

Security (Psychology).

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

239 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Polity Press, 2018.

Summary:

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.-- Provided by Publisher.

Contents:

Part I Culture in Context 27

1 Crucibles of Culture 29

Part II Cultural Currents 55

2 From Convenience to Compliance 57

3 From Novelty to Normalization 84

4 From Online to Onlife 113

Part III Co-creation: Culture, Ethics, Politics 147

5 Total Transparency 149

6 Hidden Hope 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745671721

9780745671727

9780745671734

074567173X

OCLC:

1039066894