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In this book David Lyon analyses the various contexts of surveillance activity and offers a balanced account of the influence electronic information systems have on the social order today.
In this book David Lyon analyses the various contexts of surveillance activity and offers a balanced account of the influence electronic information systems have on the social order today.
Preface and Acknowledgements.Part I: Situating Surveillance:.1. Introduction: Body, Soul and Credit Card.2. Surveillance in Modern Society.3. New Surveillance Technologies.4. From Big Brother to the Electronic Panopticon.Part II: Surveillance Trends:.5. The Surveillance State: Keeping Tabs on You.6. The Surveillance State: From Tabs to Tags.7. The Transparent Worker.8. The Targetted Consumer.Part III: Counter-Surveillance:.9. Challenging Surveillance.10. Privacy, Power, Persons.11. Against Dystopia, Distance, Division.12. Beyond Postmodern Paranoia.Bibliography.Index.