SuperVision: An Introduction to the Surveillance Society

by Torin Monahan and John Gilliom

Book Overview

We live in a surveillance society. Anyone who uses a credit card, cell phone, or even search engines to navigate the Web is being monitored and assessed-and often in ways that are imperceptible to us. The first general introduction to the growing field of surveillance studies, SuperVision uses examples drawn from everyday technologies to show how surveillance is used, who is using it, and how it affects our world.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226924440
• ISBN13: 9780226924441
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"