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The Panoptic Sort was an important contribution to contemporary understanding of the collection, processing, and use of personal information within the corporate sector. It represented a critical shift within the developing area of surveillance and privacy studies. This second edition features an updated Foreword focusing on developments within this field since its initial publication in 1993. The Afterword explores the possibilities for the mobilization of an engaged public willing and able to call for the establishment of limitations on the use of algorithmically processed data in ways that threaten the democratic process.…mehr

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The Panoptic Sort was an important contribution to contemporary understanding of the collection, processing, and use of personal information within the corporate sector. It represented a critical shift within the developing area of surveillance and privacy studies. This second edition features an updated Foreword focusing on developments within this field since its initial publication in 1993. The Afterword explores the possibilities for the mobilization of an engaged public willing and able to call for the establishment of limitations on the use of algorithmically processed data in ways that threaten the democratic process.
Autorenporträt
Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. began as a lecturer in communications at the Third College at UC San Diego, served as assistant and associate professor of communication at Howard University. He served as associate and full professor at the Annenberg School of the University of Pennsylvania, achieving emeritus status in 2006. His teaching throughout his career has been primarily in the area of the political economy of communication and information, with an emphasis on communication and race and surveillance and privacy.