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Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors. From London and New York to New Delhi, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro, video cameras are a familiar and accepted sight in public places.

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"A brilliant analysis of what it means to be watched and to be watching today."
Ethical Perspectives

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements vi

Introduction 1

David Lyon

1 Drones and social media 18

2 Liquid surveillance as post- panoptic 52

3 Remoteness, distancing and automation 76

4 In/security and surveillance 100

5 Consumerism, new media and social sorting 121

6 Probing surveillance ethically 132

7 Agency and hope 142

Notes 159

Index 172

Liquid Surveillance A Conversation

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780745662831, 978-0745662831
      ISBN10: 0745662838
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors. From London and New York to New Delhi, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro, video cameras are a familiar and accepted sight in public places.

      Trade Review
      "A brilliant analysis of what it means to be watched and to be watching today."
      Ethical Perspectives

      Table of Contents

      Preface and acknowledgements vi

      Introduction 1

      David Lyon

      1 Drones and social media 18

      2 Liquid surveillance as post- panoptic 52

      3 Remoteness, distancing and automation 76

      4 In/security and surveillance 100

      5 Consumerism, new media and social sorting 121

      6 Probing surveillance ethically 132

      7 Agency and hope 142

      Notes 159

      Index 172

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