New Media Of Surveillance

The spread of new surveillance technologies is an issue of major concern fordemocratic societies. More ubiquitous and sophisticated monitoring techniquesraise p... » 

The spread of new surveillance technologies is an issue of major concern fordemocratic societies. More ubiquitous and sophisticated monitoring techniquesraise profound questions for the very possibility of individual autonomy anddemocratic government. Innovations in surveillance systems require equallyinnovative approaches for analyzing their social and political implicationsand the field of critical communication studies is uniquely equipped to providefresh insights. This book brings together the work of a number of criticalcommunication scholars who take innovative approaches to examining thesurveillance dimensions of new media technologies. The essays included in thisvolume focus on interactive networks computer generated imagery biometricsand intelligent transport systems as sites where communication and surveillancehave become virtually inseparable social processes.This book was originally published as a special issue of The CommunicationReview. «