Panopticon.com: Online surveillance and the commodification of privacy

被引：80

作者：

Campbell, JE ^{[1
]}

Carlson, M

机构：

[1] Univ Penn, Annenberg Sch Commun, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[2] Project Excellence Journalism, Washington, DC USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING & ELECTRONIC MEDIA | 2002年 / 46卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1207/s15506878jobem4604_6

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

We explore how marketing imperatives shape the employment of information technologies for the surveillance of individuals online. Informed by political economy theory, we analyze the discourse surrounding marketing models of the World Wide Web, specifically Internet ad servers and infomediaries, in an effort to understand the social implications of online corporate surveillance. Drawing upon the work of Foucault, we consider the usefulness of the metaphorical Panopticon in conceptually apprehending online surveillance and power relations in cyberspace. We argue that the participation of individuals in the online gathering of data about themselves as economic subjects results from the commodification of privacy.

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页数：21