Postmodernity is a way of describing a new society inthemaking without supposing that modernity has been entirely left behind. Surveillance, power and everyday life fundacja panoptykon. This is a lucid exposition of the empirical, conceptual and ethical issues surrounding the idea of the information society. David loyn born 1 march 1954 has been a foreign correspondent since the late 1970s, mostly with the bbc. 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, an english sociologist now teaching at queens university in kingston, has written extensively on the information society and the increasing surveillance inherent in the information age. Airport screening, surveillance, and social sorting. 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. He has been extensively involved in debates around issues of national and international. David lyon born 1968 is a car designer best known for his work with general motors where he worked directly from college in 1990 until 2012. Privacy lecture series david lyon terrorism and surveillance. 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. David lyon is director of the surveillance studies centre, and professor of sociology and professor of law at queens university, kingston, ontario.
He is the author of several books, including the information society. Equally, almost all surveillance practices in technologically. Overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. There are numerous books and articles that have been written on this subject. 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. From big brother to electronic panopticon david lyon this is the text of chapter four of david lyon s the electronic eye. Join facebook to connect with david lyon and others you may know. Robin mansell the information society introduction to vol. David lyon is professor in the department of sociology and director of the surveillance studies centre at queens university, canada. Pdf on jul 1, 2008, lippert randy and others published david lyon. Lyon david postmodernity entered quickly, though not uncontroversially, into the lexicon of socially descriptive terms used at the end of the twentieth century.
Access to society journal content varies across our titles. He has been extensively involved in debates around issues of national and international surveillance practices, policies, and ethics. Questions of the information society, globalization, secularization, surveillance, and debates over post and digital modernity feature prominently in his work. In the usa, japanese americans were singled out for internment during world war two through the normally illegal use of census data. The key carriers of the postmodernnew technologies and consumerismemerged in thoroughly modern contexts, but so profoundly. David lyon books list of books by author david lyon. David lyon author 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. Educated at the university of bradford in the united kingdom, david has been studying surveillance since the mid1980s. In analysing significant contemporary transformations associated with the growth of information technology, david lyon has clearly demonstrated the importance of the sociological approach. The information society critical concepts in sociology editors introduction volume 1, information societies. David lyon sociologo wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. 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 born in edinburgh, scotland, lyon received a b.
Today, information society has transformed various facets of our life such as the fields of business, education and communication just to mention but a few. Law and society on urban governance and legality from below. Surveillance society david lyon, queens university, canada talk for festival del diritto, piacenza, italia. Educated at the university of bradford in the uk, lyon has been studying surveillance. Bennett department of political science, university of victoria, victoria, british columbia, canada. Credited with spearheading the field of surveillance studies, he has produced a steady stream of books and articles that. David lyon s research, writing, and teaching interests revolve around major social transformations in the modern world.
The information society ebook by david lyon rakuten kobo. David lyon this is the text of chapter four of david lyon s the electronic eye. David lyon is an associate professor in the department of sociology at queens university, kingston, ontario. The security economy the security economy the security economy recent years have seen security take a prominent place on the political and corporate agenda. This paper traces briefly the history of the panopticon from jeremy bentham to michel foucault and through a series of case studies shows how the idea seems relevant in the context of computer databases. The arrival of surveillance society is no longer in the future tense. View david lyons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
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. Lyon died december 27, 20 serving during operation enduring freedom 28, of sandpoint, idaho. This goes beyond the important concerns of the surveillance state and surveillance society to examine how todays subjects make sense of, respond to, andin some casesinitiate surveillance activities. He reveals how the culture of surveillance may help to domesticate and naturalize surveillance of unwelcome kinds, and considers which kinds of surveillance might be fostered for the common good and human flourishing. David lyon is director of the surveillance studies centre and professor of sociology and professor of law at queens university, kingston, ontario. Whether it is a massive new australian databank called the law enforcement access network lean, eventually intended to contain all of australias corporate data and landownership details and accessible to social security, taxation, and federal police departments, or a louisiana. He is originally from naperville, illinois, united states and has been moved around several general motors design studios during his career. Many agencies have an interest in personal data, and a wide spectrum of them use searchable databases to classify and catalogue such data.
From policing to welfare to the internet and ecommerce, personal data have become very valuable, economically and administratively. The rapid introduction and widespread diffusion of information technology. If one were restricted to the reliance on only one text on surveillance i would suggest without hesitation to select this book. It seemed to connect, in a natural enough fashion, with other concepts, from the europeanoriginating fragmentation and differance to others generated on the canadian. History and perspectives information is a name for the content of what is exchanged with the outer world as we adjust to. It is used here with the permission of the author and the publisher. Surveillance culture, david lyon argues, is not detached from the surveillance state, society and economy. The growing impact of scientific knowledge in social relations. The contribution of zygmunt bauman to surveillance studies1 david lyon queens university liquid surveillance describes well todays regimes of in. Intended as a bridge between the literatures of social theory and the social impact of technology, this study exposes the myths.
Surveillance grows constantly, especially in the countries of the global north. Social media surveillance is surveillance of profiles that hold infor. 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. The rise of surveillance society paperback march 15, 1994 by david lyon author visit amazons david lyon page. In the second edition of this highly successful text, postmodernity is seen as the social condition of the twentyfirst century, in which some of the most familiar features of the modern world are not only called into question, but actually undermined by novel trends.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Information society is an overworked expression that has been used to denote many different. David lyon part i orientations 11 1 surveillance as social sorting. Organised crime, terrorism, disruption of global supply chains, computer viruses all have played a role in raising peoples awareness of the risks they face in todays world. From postindustrialism to informationsociety a new social. David lyon s work demands our utmost respect and admiration for its scope, balance and clarity. Canadian responses to 911 in context david lyon related information 1 surveillance project, department of sociology, queens university.
September 28 2008 what is the surveillance society. Daniel trottier and david lyon 2012 argue that there are five key features of social media surveillance. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover davids. One thing features more frequently than any other in discussions of contemporary surveillance.
This book provides an overview of debates about whether we are entering into a phase of social existence without precede. David lyon on the rise of the surveillance state about us. David lyon centre for international governance innovation. But the term surveillance society does have connotations that at least hint at possible negative consequences, in ways that unambiguously optimistic talk of information societies and knowledgebased economies does not. Surveillance has become a routine, everyday occurrence in informational societies. Surveillance, power and everyday life springerlink. Indeed, it now makes some sense to talk of surveillance. Moreover it is essential when studying surveillance through the lens of david lyons work, to reference his nodal ideas, that all information societies are. This book provides an overview of debates about whether we are entering into a phase of social existence without precedent the information society. The concept of an electronic panopticon is making increasingly frequent appearances within analyses of electronic surveillance. Educated at the university of bradford in the uk, lyon has been studying surveillance since the mid1980s. He defines the surveillance society as one in which precise details of our. Ideas and illusions by lyon, david and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The information society by david lyon overdrive rakuten. Read the information society issues and illusions by david lyon available from rakuten kobo. David lyons research, writing, and teaching interests revolve around major social transformations in the modern world. Questions of the information society, globalization, secularization, surveillance, and postmodernity all feature prominently in his work. Surveillance, power, and everyday life oxford handbooks. While some dub these changes as high or late modern, this book argues that postmodernity best captures todays transformations or modernity. David lyon has 127 books on goodreads with 2614 ratings. A superb example of the sociological imagination and an important and balanced contribution to our understanding of surveillance and society. David lyon on the rise of the surveillance state about. David lyon born 1948 is a canadian professor of sociology surveillance society. This article argues that to make sense of surveillance today, the concept of surveillance culture should be added to the conceptual tool kit. Contact us if you experience any difficulty logging in. While some dub these changes as high or late modern, this book argues that postmodernity best captures todays transformations of modernity.