{"id":94,"date":"2015-01-26T19:19:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T00:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/?p=94"},"modified":"2015-01-26T19:20:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T00:20:03","slug":"94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/2015\/01\/26\/94\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opportunity Cost of Surveilance"},"content":{"rendered":"

In \u201cFrom Big Brother to the Electric Panopticon,\u201d David Lyon analyzes two perceptions of surveillance and prompts the question of how such theories relate to the present day. Lyon\u2019s defines George Orwell\u2019s \u201cDystopia\u201d as the idea of a defined yet veiled form of observation, one where \u201cthose under surveillance were unsure whether there was any time they could relax\u201d (60). The \u201cPanopticon,\u201d on the other hand, also involves observation but centers around inspection. Individuals under surveillance become aware of external viewing to the point that they begin to inspect themselves they are \u201cbearers of their own surveillance\u201d (66). Through modern processes of data collection\u2014from license plates to Internet searches\u2014Lyons suggests that we have become increasingly aware of surveillance in our everyday habits. The developed world has reached the point where \u201cDystopia\u201d and the \u201cPanopticon\u201d have become realities.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Few, if any, people can prevent surveillance in the twenty-first century; I argue that we accept our residence in an observation-dominant world in exchange for connectivity. The same technologies that blur \u201cdistinctions between private and public life\u201d (71) simultaneously bring individual public and private lives together. Facebook, for example, offers \u201cfriends\u201d (no matter how close) the opportunity to share photographs and articles, play games, and message. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg commented on the networks his platform creates in his January 1, 2015 update, declaring, \u201cmay all our efforts make the world a smaller, warmer, happier, and more connected place this year.\u201d As one interacts to a higher degree with Facebook (and makes his or her world \u201csmaller\u201d), the social media platform\u2019s surveillance increases. Instagram\u2019s ability to offer \u201csuggested\u201d account to follow based on one\u2019s current follow list (in addition to friends I follow National Parks, outdoors photographers, and Boston sports teams\u2014and receive very relevant suggestions) highlights its ability to cater to personal preference, but also its power of surveillance. It\u2019s inevitable that we experience the surveillance theories outlined in Lyon\u2019s article. We now must determine what we\u2019re willing to receive in exchange.<\/p>\n

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Lyon, David. “From Big Brother to the Electronic Panopticon.”\u00a0The Electronic Eye: The\u00a0<\/em>Rise of Surveillance Society<\/em>. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 1994. 57-79. Print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In \u201cFrom Big Brother to the Electric Panopticon,\u201d David Lyon analyzes two perceptions of surveillance and prompts the question of how such theories relate to the present day. Lyon\u2019s defines George Orwell\u2019s \u201cDystopia\u201d as the idea of a defined yet veiled form of observation, one where \u201cthose under surveillance were unsure whether there was any … Continue reading The Opportunity Cost of Surveilance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-readers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}