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Introduction: Watching the Watchers – Theory and Method
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Norris, Clive Armstrong, Gary |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | As Lyon has argued, the sociological response to the general issue of surveillance has been dominated by images of the Panopticon (Lyon 1994). This has been especially true of CCTV surveillance which naturally invites comparisons with Bentham's nineteenth-century design for the new model prison, with its central observation tower, allowing the guards to see everything without ever being seen themselves. And as Lyon has also noted (1994: 62), it is Foucault's reading of the Benthamite project which has been most influential, locating the Panopticon with the birth of disciplinary society and the production of docile bodies (Foucault 1977). However, the extent to which the operation of CCTV mirrors panoptic principles needs to be carefully considered. Just because CCTV systems utilise visual surveillance and rely on centralised monitoring, both key elements of the Panopticon, this should not lead to the automatic assumption that in its operation and effects it is identical. The Panopticon implies far more than these two elements and it is necessary to tease out the important similarities and differences. Book Name: The Maximum Surveillance Society |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2020-0-15682-3&isbn=9781003136439&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 97 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 91 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003136439-7 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-12-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: The Maximum Surveillance Society Cultural Studies Foucault Cctv Lyon Panopticon New Model Docile Bodies Sociological Response Systems Utilise Benthamite Project |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
