CCT109H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Frederick Winslow Taylor, Blendr, Thought Police

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Brett Caraway

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Data and content: for the most part, everyday users of the internet are not compensated for this work. Surveillance and productivity: po(cid:449)er does(cid:374)"t o(cid:374)ly say no, power is productive, notion of relationship between privacy and national security. If we can monitor e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e"s a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ity, (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) stop people doi(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs (cid:271)efore they do it. Panopticism and the disciplinary mechanism: everything in its right place at the right time, every action under scrutiny, timely examinations, perfect record keeping of all actions, thoughts and deeds, strict scientifically determined regimen for best results. How is does media use work: (cid:862)(cid:449)ork of (cid:449)at(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:894)or liste(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, readi(cid:374)g, usi(cid:374)g media, we work to make ourselves into a commodity (an audience) which is sold to advertisers, (cid:862)you (cid:449)ork for ad(cid:448)ertisers? (cid:863) How is being watched work: your personal information (data) is a valuable commodity, early forms of data were self-reported or self-created. Increasingly it is automatically collected often without your knowledge or consent.