Revisiting the synopticon: Reconsidering Mathiesen's ‘The Viewer Society’ in the age of Web 2.0

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-299

  Doyle, Aaron ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

media; panopticon; surveillance; synopticon

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051721182     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480610396645     Document Type: Article

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