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Under Surveillance : Being Watched in Modern America / Randolph Lewis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781477313800
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.1/063
LOC classification:
  • TK7882.E2 L49 2017
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Feeling Surveillance -- 2. Welcome to the Funopticon -- 3. Growing up Observed -- 4. Watching Walden -- 5. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God -- 6. The Business of Insecurity -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Never before has so much been known about so many. CCTV cameras, TSA scanners, NSA databases, big data marketers, predator drones, “stop and frisk” tactics, Facebook algorithms, hidden spyware, and even old-fashioned nosy neighbors—surveillance has become so ubiquitous that we take its presence for granted. While many types of surveillance are pitched as ways to make us safer, almost no one has examined the unintended consequences of living under constant scrutiny and how it changes the way we think and feel about the world. In Under Surveillance, Randolph Lewis offers a highly original look at the emotional, ethical, and aesthetic challenges of living with surveillance in America since 9/11. Taking a broad and humanistic approach, Lewis explores the growth of surveillance in surprising places, such as childhood and nature. He traces the rise of businesses designed to provide surveillance and security, including those that cater to the Bible Belt’s houses of worship. And he peers into the dark side of playful surveillance, such as eBay’s online guide to “Fun with Surveillance Gadgets.” A worried but ultimately genial guide to this landscape, Lewis helps us see the hidden costs of living in a “control society” in which surveillance is deemed essential to governance and business alike. Written accessibly for a general audience, Under Surveillance prompts us to think deeply about what Lewis calls “the soft tissue damage” inflicted by the culture of surveillance.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Feeling Surveillance -- 2. Welcome to the Funopticon -- 3. Growing up Observed -- 4. Watching Walden -- 5. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God -- 6. The Business of Insecurity -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

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Never before has so much been known about so many. CCTV cameras, TSA scanners, NSA databases, big data marketers, predator drones, “stop and frisk” tactics, Facebook algorithms, hidden spyware, and even old-fashioned nosy neighbors—surveillance has become so ubiquitous that we take its presence for granted. While many types of surveillance are pitched as ways to make us safer, almost no one has examined the unintended consequences of living under constant scrutiny and how it changes the way we think and feel about the world. In Under Surveillance, Randolph Lewis offers a highly original look at the emotional, ethical, and aesthetic challenges of living with surveillance in America since 9/11. Taking a broad and humanistic approach, Lewis explores the growth of surveillance in surprising places, such as childhood and nature. He traces the rise of businesses designed to provide surveillance and security, including those that cater to the Bible Belt’s houses of worship. And he peers into the dark side of playful surveillance, such as eBay’s online guide to “Fun with Surveillance Gadgets.” A worried but ultimately genial guide to this landscape, Lewis helps us see the hidden costs of living in a “control society” in which surveillance is deemed essential to governance and business alike. Written accessibly for a general audience, Under Surveillance prompts us to think deeply about what Lewis calls “the soft tissue damage” inflicted by the culture of surveillance.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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