Surveillance and Critical Theory

Christian Fuchs
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Christian Fuchs: Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster, UK

Media and Communication, 2015, vol. 3, issue 2, 6-9

Abstract: In this comment, the author reflects on surveillance from a critical theory approach, his involvement in surveillance research and projects, and the status of the study of surveillance. The comment ascertains a lack of critical thinking about surveillance, questions the existence of something called “surveillance studies” as opposed to a critical theory of society, and reflects on issues such as Edward Snowden’s revelations, and Foucault and Marx in the context of surveillance.

Keywords: critical theory; Edward Snowden; Karl Marx; Michel Foucault; surveillance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.v3i2.207

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