Music Scrobbling as a Panopticism of Taste

By Calum Marsh

Among social networking sites, it's only Last.fm, only scrobbling -- which, once activated, operates entirely on its own, as an unconscious background function -- that channels the essence of Foucault's social panopticism. [14 September 2009]

Discipline and Punish: The Official Functions

By Tobias Peterson

Like characters in some morality play, referees are greeted with boos, taunts, profanity, and, on occasion, worse. [7 February 2008]

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