Surveillance, 9780198796848
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Every click, call, purchase: you’re being watched. Understand surveillance now.

Surveillance

a very short introduction

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    7 August 2024

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Summary

Eyes Everywhere: Understanding Modern Surveillance

Surveillance permeates every aspect of our lives today. Once a limited aspect of social life, it’s now central to political, economic, and everyday activities. Every click, call, purchase, contact, or step under a camera is recorded, identified, traced, and tracked.

Who processes this data, how, and with what consequences? This is a critical question affecting everyone. It’s not a conspiracy, but the way today’s digitally-de…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198796848
ISBN-10:0198796846
Series:Very Short Introductions
Author:Professor David Lyon, David Lyon
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:7 August 2024
Weight:148g
Dimensions:175mm x 110mm x 10mm
About The Author

Professor David Lyon

David Lyon is former Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Law at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. He has directed several large-scale international research projects on surveillance, and has authored or edited a number of books, including The Culture of Surveillance (2018) and Surveillance after Snowden (2025). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2008.

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