SOC 3361 — Sociology of Surveillance
Surveillance is an inescapable part of contemporary social life: from working habits and purchasing preferences to health and sexuality to the places we go and who we interact with. An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Surveillance Studies, examining surveillance as it takes place across a number of settings (e.g., policing, family life, work life, health and wellness, etc.) Focuses on how surveillance contributes to social order, social control, and social inequality, and debates surrounding tensions between surveillance and privacy. Not available for supplemental.