Steven Jackson UCSD - COSF 175 - syllabus

Communication, Surveillance, and Control. Summer 2004. This seminar explores connections between communication, surveillance and control in contemporary information societies. The first part of the seminar introduces some of the key conceptual and political issues framing current surveillance debates. The second part traces the historical development and contemporary practice of surveillance in three key arenas: the state, the workplace, and the market. The final weeks of the seminar are dedicated to issues of special contemporary concern: televisual surveillance, privacy and surveillance online, genetic and biometric surveillance, and the crafting of ethical and political responses to surveillant practices.

The link address is: http://communication.ucsd.edu/sjackson/courses/csc.html