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SOC 226

Surveillance Studies

3 units

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
    recommended
  • Lyon, D. (2019). “Surveillance capitalism, surveillance culture and data politics.” In Data Politics, eds
    recommended
  • Bigo, D., Isin, E., & Ruppert, E. (pp. 64-78). New York: Routledge
    recommended
  • Trottier, D. & Lyon, D. (2012). “Key Features of Social Media Surveillance.” In Fuchs, C., Boersma, K.,
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  • Albrechtslund, A., & Sandoval, M. (Eds.). (2013). Internet and surveillance: The challenges of Web 2.0 and social media (pp. 89-105). Routledge
    recommended
  • 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)
    recommended
  • 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
    recommended
  • 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
    recommended
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Marx, Gary. 2003. “A Tack in the Shoe: Neutralizing and Resisting the New Surveillance.” Journal of Social Issues, 59(2), 369-390
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  • Andrejevic, M. (2005). “The Work of Watching One Another: Lateral Surveillance, Risk, and Governance.” Surveillance & Society 2(4): 479-497
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  • 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
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