Surveillance types

How did Foucault see surveillance?

Using the idea of the panopticon, he argued that the shift away from Sovereign power to disciplinary power has caused conformity via self-surveillance.

What is the difference between surveillance and sousveillance (Mann et al)?

Surveillance- the powerful watching the less powerful

Sousveillance- the less powerful watching the powerful

What is the difference between panoptic and synoptic (Mathiesen) surveillance?

Panoptic- few watching the many

Synoptic- the many watching the few

What is the idea of Uberveillance?

Watching from all directions, particularly using technology

What is Bauman and Lyon’s idea of liquid surveillence?

Dynamic surveillance that follows us using various technologies

What is Haggerty and Ericson’s idea of the “data double”?

Technology collections that they call surveillant assemblages allow authorities to construct doubles of individuals via metadata

What is Feely and Simon’s idea of actuarial analysis?

People are risk assessed for predisposition to crime based on labels and stereotypes (e.g. why teenage boys have to pay more for car insurance)

What does Gary T Marx say comes as a result of actuarial analysis

Categorical suspicion.

Give some examples of how we can see Bauman and Lyon’s liquid surveillance? (3)

Social media, CCTV cameras, Biometrics