SOC 226
Surveillance Studies
Fall 2026
Readings
- Zuboff, S. (2015). “Big other: surveillance capitalism and the prospects of an information civilization.” Journal of Information Technology, 30(1), 75–89
- Lyon, D. (2019). “Surveillance capitalism, surveillance culture and data politics.” In Data Politics, eds
- Bigo, D., Isin, E., & Ruppert, E. (pp. 64-78). New York: Routledge
- Trottier, D. & Lyon, D. (2012). “Key Features of Social Media Surveillance.” In Fuchs, C., Boersma, K.,
- Albrechtslund, A., & Sandoval, M. (Eds.). (2013). Internet and surveillance: The challenges of Web 2.0 and social media (pp. 89-105). Routledge
- Ferguson, A.G. (2017). “Introduction,” “Big Data’s Watchful Eye,” and “Data is the New Black.” In The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement (pp. 1-33)
- Lyon, D. (2006). “Airport Screening, Surveillance, and Social Sorting: Canadian Responses to 9/11 in Context.” Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 48(3), 397–411
- Bauman, Z., Bigo, D., Esteves, P., Guild, E., Jabri, V., Lyon, D., & Walker, R. B. (2014). “After Snowden: Rethinking the impact of surveillance.” International Political Sociology, 8(2), 121-144
- Ovide, S. (12 July, 2020). The Real Dangers of Surveillance: What Americans can learn from the protests in Hong Kong. New York Times. Retrieved from hrps://www.nysmes.com/2020/06/12/technology/surveillance-protests-hong-kong.html
- Mann, S., Nolan, J., & Wellman, B. (2003). “Sousveillance: Inventing and using wearable computing devices for data collection in surveillance environments.” Surveillance & Society, 1(3), 331-355
- Marx, Gary. 2003. “A Tack in the Shoe: Neutralizing and Resisting the New Surveillance.” Journal of Social Issues, 59(2), 369-390
- Andrejevic, M. (2005). “The Work of Watching One Another: Lateral Surveillance, Risk, and Governance.” Surveillance & Society 2(4): 479-497
- Goold, B., Loader, I., & Thumala, A. (2013). The banality of security: The curious case of surveillance cameras. British Journal of Criminology, 53(6), 977-996
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- SOC 226 SOCIAL STUDIES OF SURVEILLANCE · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- 2018-Fall-SOC-226-LECTURE-A1 ↗2018
- 2019-Spring-SOC-226-LECTURE-A1 ↗2019
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- 2023-Winter-SOC-226-LECTURE-850 ↗2023
- 2024-Winter-SOC-226-LECTURE-B1 ↗2024
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- 2025-Fall-SOC-226-LECTURE-A01 ↗2025
- 2026-Winter-SOC-226-LECTURE-B01 ↗2026
- 2026-Fall-SOC-226-LECTURE-A01 ↗2026
- No textbook required according to this source. Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS. Partial automated extraction.
- No textbook required according to this source. Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS. Partial automated extraction.