Id cards as surveillance polity 2009, playing the identity card coedited with colin j. The resulting increase in routine surveillance of citizens, and especially of tr. From big brother to electronic panopticon david lyon this is the text of chapter four of david lyon s the electronic eye. While he is best known for his work in surveillance studies, david lyons research and writing span several other areas as well.
It is used here with the permission of the author and the publisher. First expansive collection of readings about surveillance. He is currently conducting a major sshrcfunded study on urban governance, security, and surveillance in several canadian cities. This book represents an overview of the field, but is nevertheless original and insightful in. The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local. In this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb. 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. Surveillance practices, often suspicious or clandestine, contrast with trusting relationships. In this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to. While he is best known for his work in surveillance studies, david lyon s research and writing span several other areas as well.
He is the author of a recent book sanctuary, sovereignty, sacrifice, ubc press, 2006 on illegal. This is the most accessible and up to date introduction to the topic available. 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. 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. Routledge handbook of surveillance studies bookshare. David lyon on the rise of the surveillance state about us. Mar 31, 2017 david lyon provides a chilling and comprehensive account of the surveillance response to 911 by nationstates and corporations.
This book investigates how surveillance makes people visible. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. David lyon is director of the surveillance studies centre and professor of sociology and professor of law at queens university, kingston, ontario. Our personal and public lives are increasingly on display for governments, merchants, employers, hackersand the merely curiousto see. Surveillance grows constantly, especially in the countries of the global north. Understanding surveillance society as a product of modernity helps us avoid two key traps. The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local facetoface oversight through technical developments. 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. David lyon has 127 books on goodreads with 2577 ratings. 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 speaks on contemporary surveillance youtube.
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. Corporate surveillance is seen both in datagathering. 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. Available in the national library of australia collection. David lyon surveillance cultures, september 2011 youtube. Sep 30, 2011 david lyon, surveillance studies centre, queens university. Book authors david lyon date 2007 publisher polity press pub place cambridge isbn 9780745635910, 9780745635927. The fast growth of the field of surveillance studies reflects both the urgency of civil liberties and privacy questions in the war on. The information society by david lyon overdrive rakuten. Surveillance studies a reader edited by torin monahan and david murakami wood. From big brother to electronic panopticon david lyon this is the text of chapter four of david lyons the electronic eye. Coedited collections include the handbook of surveillance studies with kirstie ball and kevin haggerty.
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. Routledge handbook of surveillance studies 1st edition. He has been extensively involved in debates around issues of national and international surveillance practices, policies, and ethics. 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. Monitoring everyday life critically examines the nature and potential of monitoring technologies serving governmental and corporate interests. 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. 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.
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. 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. His most recent books include identifying citizens. Security requirements have been raised to a high level in nationstates around the world following the 911 attacks. 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. Computers, surveillance, and privacy university of. 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. 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. 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.
The handbook s direct, authoritative style will appeal to a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities. He is the author of a recent book sanctuary, sovereignty, sacrifice, ubc press, 2006 on illegal sanctuary practices. 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. A report on the surveillance society for the information commissioner by the surveillance studies network. David lyon on the rise of the surveillance state about. David lyon provides a chilling and comprehensive account of the surveillance response to 911 by nationstates and corporations. 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. David lyon is queens research chair in surveillance studies at queens university, canada and is. His writing is exceptionally clear and graceful, his scholarship is impeccable, and his judgment is fair and wise.
David lyon is professor of sociology at queens university, canada. A very short introduction and another on surveillance critique, the eye of god. 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. Currently, lyon is working towards a book entitled surveillance.
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. The routledge handbook of surveillance studies is an international, accessible, definitive and comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of surveillance studies. 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. Current book writing projects include surveillance. Canadian sociologist david lyon argues that we are complicit in much of our recent loss of privacy, but that makes it no less sinister. The study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. David lyon, surveillance studies centre, queens university. 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. David lyon is a professor of sociology at queens university. 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. David lyon the study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. From 20082010 he held a killam research fellowship from the canada council.
Surveillance, power and everyday life springerlink. We ask david about technology, ethical questions and his views on the snowden affair. Lippert is an associate professor of criminology at the university of windsor. 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 handbooks direct, authoritative style will appeal to a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities. Data analytics and ai have become commonplace in each form. David lyon is director of the surveillance studies centre and professor of sociology at queens university. 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. Bis3400 social, professional and ethical issues in information systems hendon, dubai, mauritius, malta.