The document discusses different forms of surveillance in public life, including by the state, industries, institutions, individuals, ourselves, and machines. It notes that today it takes effort to maintain privacy, as surveillance has become pervasive, and explores some reasons why people willingly live public lives, such as for social bonding and the addictive nature of receiving attention, as well as how personal data is used.

1. Media Studies for a Life in Media
03 Public Life

3. surveillance by…
the state
industries
institutions
each other
ourselves
machines

4. surveillance by…
the state
industries
institutions
each other
ourselves
machines

15. surveillance by…
the state
industries
institutions
each other
ourselves
machines

25. surveillance by…
the state
industries
institutions
each other
ourselves
machines

32. “The LANrev software program took screen shots and
webcam photos every 15 seconds when activated. The
district thereby captured over 400 screen shots and
webcam images of Harriton High School sophomore
Blake Robbins, according to court filings this week in
his lawsuit.”
Friday, April 16, 2010

40. surveillance by…
the state
industries
institutions
each other
ourselves
machines

50. surveillance by…
the state
industries
institutions
each other
ourselves
machines

60. surveillance by…
the state
industries
institutions
each other
ourselves
machines

62. “It used to take effort to be public.
Today, it takes effort to be private.”
danah boyd – 25 January 2010

64. panoptic:
few > many
synoptic:
many > few
omnoptic:
many > many

65. you live in public

67. The Panopticon (1785)

70. Foucault:
control
Deleuze:
discipline
Mattelart:
suspicion

71. why live in public?

72. surveillance has rewards

73. attention is addictive

74. seeing and being seen

75. social bonding and grooming

76. big data & social physics