Security requirements have been raised to a high level in nationstates around the world following the 911 attacks. This is the most accessible and up to date introduction to the topic available. Of course, i am willing to answer your questions but i shall also add my critical voice. He has been extensively involved in debates around issues of national and international. In the twentyfirst century, surveillance has expanded and intensified into a very complex global phenomenon, involving major corporate activity as well as policing and national security. Educated at the university of bradford in the uk, lyon has been studying surveillance since the mid1980s. Book authors david lyon date 2007 publisher polity press pub place cambridge isbn 9780745635910, 9780745635927. A very short introduction and another on surveillance critique, the eye of god.
Surveillance grows constantly, especially in the countries of the global north. First expansive collection of readings about surveillance. Computers, surveillance, and privacy university of. David lyon is director of the surveillance studies centre and professor of sociology at queens university.
David lyon surveillance cultures, september 2011 youtube. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local facetoface oversight through technical developments in closedcircuit tv, radio frequency identification and biometrics to global trends that integrate surveillance systems internationally. David lyon, surveillance studies centre, queens university. While he is best known for his work in surveillance studies, david lyons research and writing span several other areas as well.
Professor of sociology and law at queens university in kingston, ontario where he holds a research chair in surveillance studies, david lyons work on surveillance is internationally known. David lyon directs the surveillance studies centre, is a professor of sociology, holds a queens research chair and is crossappointed as a professor in the faculty of law at queens university in kingston, ontario. David lyon the study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. The fast growth of the field of surveillance studies reflects both the urgency of civil liberties and privacy questions in the war on. This book represents an overview of the field, but is nevertheless original and insightful in. Lippert is an associate professor of criminology at the university of windsor. The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local facetoface oversight through technical developments. Although as a set of practices it is as old as history itself, systematic surveillance became a routine and inescapable part of everyday life in modern times and is now, more often than not, dependent on information and communication technologies icts. Offers original selections of key historical and theoretical texts and samples of the best empirical research done on surveillance. It is used here with the permission of the author and the publisher. His most recent books include identifying citizens.
A report on the surveillance society for the information commissioner by the surveillance studies network. The resulting increase in routine surveillance of citizens, and especially of tr. Sep 30, 2011 david lyon, surveillance studies centre, queens university. The study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. Jul 30, 2007 in this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and uptodate introduction to surveillance available. Equally, almost all surveillance practices in technologically.
From big brother to electronic panopticon david lyon this is the text of chapter four of david lyon s the electronic eye. Corporate surveillance is seen both in datagathering. Understanding surveillance society as a product of modernity helps us avoid two key traps. David lyon is a fellow of the royal society of canada who serves as director of the surveillance studies centre and professor of sociology and of law at queens university ontario. Our personal and public lives are increasingly on display for governments, merchants, employers, hackersand the merely curiousto see. In this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and uptodate introduction to surveillance available. The resulting increase in routine surveillance of citizens, and especially of travelers, raises questions of sociological interest regarding the intensified means of technologydependent governance common to many countries. We ask david about technology, ethical questions and his views on the snowden affair.
Routledge handbook of surveillance studies bookshare. While he is best known for his work in surveillance studies, david lyon s research and writing span several other areas as well. David lyon on the rise of the surveillance state about us. Coedited collections include the handbook of surveillance studies with kirstie ball and kevin haggerty.
He is currently conducting a major sshrcfunded study on urban governance, security, and surveillance in several canadian cities. Surveillance studies a reader edited by torin monahan and david murakami wood. In this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb. Surveillance practices, often suspicious or clandestine, contrast with trusting relationships. Mar 27, 2008 in this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and uptodate introduction to surveillance available. David lyon is director, surveillance studies centre, queens research chair in surveillance studies, professor of sociology and professor of law at queens university, kingston, ontario. From big brother to electronic panopticon david lyon this is the text of chapter four of david lyons the electronic eye. The routledge handbook of surveillance studies is an international, accessible, definitive and comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of surveillance studies.
Available in the national library of australia collection. The opening sentence of david lyons surveillance studies. David lyon is professor of sociology at queens university, canada. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Surveillance after snowden was written by david levy, director of the surveillance studies centre at queens university, in kingston, ontario, canada, ostensibly to place the 20 nsa revelations by leaker edward snowden in some kind of context. The handbooks direct, authoritative style will appeal to a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities. David lyon speaks on contemporary surveillance youtube. You may wish to suggest ways in which your own work might be informed by or will go beyond the book. Data analytics and ai have become commonplace in each form.
Monitoring everyday life critically examines the nature and potential of monitoring technologies serving governmental and corporate interests. Surveillance, trust and democracy professor david lyon. The handbook s direct, authoritative style will appeal to a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities. Informative and well organized, this collection offers a timely discussion of issues that will become even more important in the future, as computerization and new technologies take over more and more domains of life and threaten individual privacy and autonomy. From 20082010 he held a killam research fellowship from the canada council. An overview, cited above, states this with definitional clarity, and the three parts of his synoptic account viewpoints, vision and visibility underscore the significance of vision and visibility to surveillance scholars. Surveillance, power and everyday life david lyon a chapter for the oxford handbook of information and communication technologies abstract surveillance has become a crucial component of all environments informed or enabled by icts.
Elia zureik is also professor of sociology at queens university, canada, and coedited with dianne hartling the social context of the new information and communication. Part one theorizing surveillance and visibility consists of four articles, that are devoted to basic questions and themes emerging in surveillance studies over the past years. Marx, a central figure in the rapidly expanding field of surveillance studies, argues that surveillance itself is neither good nor bad, but that context and comportment make. Surveillance, power and everyday life springerlink.
David lyon is director of the surveillance studies centre and professor of sociology and professor of law at queens university, kingston, ontario. Routledge handbook of surveillance studies 1st edition. Jun 04, 2007 in this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and uptodate introduction to surveillance available. Mar 31, 2017 david lyon provides a chilling and comprehensive account of the surveillance response to 911 by nationstates and corporations. David lyon is queens research chair in surveillance studies at queens university, canada and is. Canadian sociologist david lyon argues that we are complicit in much of our recent loss of privacy, but that makes it no less sinister. He is the author of a recent book sanctuary, sovereignty, sacrifice, ubc press, 2006 on illegal. The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local facetoface oversight through technical. Bis3400 social, professional and ethical issues in information systems hendon, dubai, mauritius, malta. The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local facetoface oversight through technical developments in closedcircuit tv, radio frequency identification and biometrics to. David lyon on the rise of the surveillance state about. He is the author of a recent book sanctuary, sovereignty, sacrifice, ubc press, 2006 on illegal sanctuary practices. In this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and up to date introduction to surveillance available.
The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local. Currently, lyon is working towards a book entitled surveillance. This book investigates how surveillance makes people visible. His writing is exceptionally clear and graceful, his scholarship is impeccable, and his judgment is fair and wise. David lyon provides a chilling and comprehensive account of the surveillance response to 911 by nationstates and corporations. In the electronic eye, david lyon looks into our mediated way of life, where every transaction and phone call, bordercrossing, vote, and application registers in some computer, to show how electronic surveillance influences social order in our day.
Feb 01, 2001 canadian sociologist david lyon argues that we are complicit in much of our recent loss of privacy, but that makes it no less sinister. He has been extensively involved in debates around issues of national and international surveillance practices, policies, and ethics. In this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to. Id cards as surveillance polity 2009, playing the identity card coedited with colin j. The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local facetoface oversight through technical developments in cctv, rfid and biometrics to global trends that integrate surveillance systems internationally. Youll still be able to search, browse and read our articles, but you wont be able to register, edit your account, purchase content, or activate tokens or eprints during that period.
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