Our public and private lives are under surveillance as never before. Whether we are shopping with a credit card, walking down the street or emailing a colleague at work, our activities are monitored. Surveillance has become more routine, more integrated and more intrusive. It is vital to ask how and why this should be so, and assess what the consequences are.Since September 11th 2001 surveillance has intensified further. Yet although individuals, groups, governments and states are more closely monitored, our security is not assured.The contributors to this volume explore the vast range of...
Our public and private lives are under surveillance as never before. Whether we are shopping with a credit card, walking down the street or emailing a...
Surveillance is both globalized in cooperative schemes, such as sharing biometric data, and localized in the daily minutiae of social life. This innovative handbook explores the empirical, theoretical and ethical issues around surveillance and its use in daily life.
Surveillance is both globalized in cooperative schemes, such as sharing biometric data, and localized in the daily minutiae of social life. This innov...
This book examines the role that business and governments play in shaping and promoting the growth of surveillance in societies today. A series of articles by internationally known surveillance scholars set out the implications, both positive and negative, of the massive surveillance complexes that dominate private and public spaces and all the institutions of modern life.
This book examines the role that business and governments play in shaping and promoting the growth of surveillance in societies today. A series of ...
Surveillance is a central organizing practice. Gathering personal data and processing them in searchable databases drives administrative efficiency but also raises questions about security, governance, civil liberties and privacy. Surveillance is both globalized in cooperative schemes, such as sharing biometric data, and localized in the daily minutiae of social life. This innovative Handbook explores the empirical, theoretical and ethical issues around surveillance and its use in daily life.
With a collection of over forty essays from the leading names in...
Surveillance is a central organizing practice. Gathering personal data and processing them in searchable databases drives administrative efficiency...
