One way that panopticism has permeated our culture is the widespread use of surveillance technologies, especially on the internet and in public areas. The ubiquitous presence of surveillance cameras in public spaces such as streets, stores, and even homes makes people conscious of their surroundings all the time. People become Continue reading
Imagine you wake up to find yourself in a dark and cold prison cell. Only the sounds of water rhythmically dripping from an unknown source to comfort you in the loud silence of the large cell. As you do your first 360º of the cell, you discover that all except Continue reading
Foucault’s concept of panopticism unveils a paradigm of power and control that extends far beyond the confines of the prison system. At its core lies the panopticon, a hypothetical architectural design wherein inmates are subjected to constant surveillance from a central watchtower, inducing a sense of perpetual visibility and self-regulation. Continue reading
Panopticism describes a system of power and control wherein individuals internalize the belief that they are being watched, leading them to regulate their behavior accordingly. Social media has become a modern tool of communication and idea sharing, but also surveillance and control. Thus, embedding panopticism into all of our digital Continue reading
I feel like Panopticism has been embedded into our society in the form that we are made to believe that it is for our safety and for the better of the community around us but with that we lose freedom. In order to act better, they use certain tools but Continue reading
Panopticism is the belief that people behave properly because they think they are being watched. I think this can be seen all throughout our society, especially now with all the new technology. The first thing I think of when I hear panopticism is traffic cameras and store surveillance cameras. There Continue reading
Panopticism is embedded in our society, most obviously through cameras. Traffic cameras, security cameras, people’s cameras on their phones, cameras. Panopticism operates on the principle that because you assume you are always being watched, you act differently even though you might not necessarily be watched. Traffic/speeding cameras are tall in Continue reading
One way in which panopticism has been embedded in our society is through the proliferation of surveillance technologies. The concept of the panopticon, originally proposed by philosopher Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century, describes a prison design where a central watchtower allows a single guard to observe all inmates without Continue reading
According to Gonzaga University, Panopticism is defined as a “kind of internal surveillance [where] the watches ceases to be external to the watched”. In today’s society, panopticism has been embedded into our society in various ways such as through the advancement of surveillance technologies especially within public spaces and within Continue reading
Panopticism entails the perception of being observed, compelling adherence to societal norms. It is a system in which the belief that we are being watched forces us to behave “properly”. This idea was formulated by French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault. He is the well-known author of Discipline and Punish: The Birth Continue reading
