surveillance

Only the Surveilling Technology Is New ‘The Listeners’ Contends

Only the Surveilling Technology Is New ‘The Listeners’ Contends

In The Listeners, scholar Brian Hochman narrates a history of surveillance in the United States by means of technological cunning up to 2001.

‘Going Stealth’: Trans Politics and Surveillance Practices

‘Going Stealth’: Trans Politics and Surveillance Practices

When activists cooperate with a repressive state, who gets left behind?

The Moving Pixels Podcast Becomes the ‘Beholder’

The Moving Pixels Podcast Becomes the ‘Beholder’

It's easy to think that we would never be complicit with the dictates of an authoritarian regime, but Beholder reveals how complicated such choices can become.
Bernard Harcourt’s Study on Our Surveillance State, ‘Exposed’, Is a Call for Action

Bernard Harcourt’s Study on Our Surveillance State, ‘Exposed’, Is a Call for Action

Surveillance, contrary to 19th century theories, is not an activity perpetrated solely by actors of the state, but rather by “state like” actors -- and we are the actors.
‘Citizenfour’ Is Invaluable Cinéma Vérité

‘Citizenfour’ Is Invaluable Cinéma Vérité

I welcome Oliver Stone’s forthcoming biopic about Snowden with an open mind, but I doubt that it will surpass the riveting realism of Citizenfour.
Marketing in the Age of Surveillance

Marketing in the Age of Surveillance

What do you get when you try to marry perky start-up optimism with the ominous prospect of the surveillance age?

The Price of Apathy

‘don’t take it personally’: Identity Performance and Surveillance Culture

Surveillance by Jonathan Raban