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Panopticon Experience
Many systems are being enacted to track our everyday lives. ...
Foucault talks about the “Panopticon” and how the panopticon is a mechanism of power. Anyone who decides to use the panopticon for any reason will produce homogeneous effects of power. ... The panopticon is basically a system set up to where someone can watch another person with out him or her being able to see who’s watching. ... This system specifically describes how the panopticon is a mechanism of power. ...
Foucault also speaks of the three areas of the panopticon, economic, legal and political, and scientific. The economic aspect of the panopticon describes, in a way, how capitalism is related to the control of human labor. ... The legal and political portion of the panopticon basically describes a legal situation such as a courtroom. ... ”
In the prison setting of the panopticon it is set up so that the prisoners cannot see the guards that are watching them. ... ” The panopticon is set up to modify behavior. ... Every panopticon has a flaw and maybe more than one. Such flaws may include: knowledge of where the surveillance camera is placed, being smarter than the observer and being able to outwit them, or a direct understanding of the panopticon. You can also challenge the panopticon which your involved in. Police use the panopticon system in their job everyday to enforce the laws. ...
I have been involved in many situations where I felt that I was apart of the panopticon. ... The people who were very involved and interested created a sense of the panopticon. ... This is an example of how the panopticon system works, not necessarily how in a panopticon you are being watched but you can’t see the observer.
Approximate Word count = 1401
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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