The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media

Informed by critiques of conformity and mass media by some of the greatest philosophers of the past two centuries, as well as by a wide range of historical and empirical studies, Weissman helps shed light on what may happen when our lives are increasingly broadcast online for everyone all the time, to be judged by the global community.

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The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media

Informed by critiques of conformity and mass media by some of the greatest philosophers of the past two centuries, as well as by a wide range of historical and empirical studies, Weissman helps shed light on what may happen when our lives are increasingly broadcast online for everyone all the time, to be judged by the global community.

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The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media

The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media

by Jeremy Weissman
The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media

The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media

by Jeremy Weissman

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Informed by critiques of conformity and mass media by some of the greatest philosophers of the past two centuries, as well as by a wide range of historical and empirical studies, Weissman helps shed light on what may happen when our lives are increasingly broadcast online for everyone all the time, to be judged by the global community.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538174098
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/13/2022
Pages: 158
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Weissman is currently the Mudd Postdoctoral Ethics Fellow at the Roger Mudd Center at Washington and Lee University where he's researching the ethics of emerging technologies. Jeremy received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of South Carolina and an M.A. in Public Policy from The George Washington University.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Conformity 1. The Human Animal in Civilized Society 2. Social Media as an Escape from Freedom 3. Meaninglessness in the Present Age Part II: Control 4. The Spectacular Power of the Public 5. 'P2P' Surveillance and Control 6. The Net of Noramlization Part III: Resistance 7. Freedom from the Public Eye 8. Strategies of Resistance Bibliography Index
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