Year
1992
Degree Name
Master of Arts (Hons.)
Department
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Recommended Citation
Luford, Philip, Theories of modern surveillance: beyond the 'invasion of privacy' and 'organisational control' - exploring the disciplinary functions of surveillance under contemporary capitalism, Master of Arts (Hons.) thesis, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, 1992. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2235
Abstract
In this thesis I critically review the major theories of modem mass surveillance for the purpose of contributing to the developing field of critical surveillance studies. This has meant firstly, assessing the influential liberal/privacy perspectives on surveillance and the theoretically adjacent organisational control approach in order to show how they have shaped the great majority of surveillance studies around perspectives which not only fail, on their own terms, to adequately understand the purposes and effects of contemporary surveillance practices but also effectively obscure how the staging of surveillance is deeply implicated in the expansion of capitalist accumulation and the related restructuring of social control.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.