Where the Power of Power Occurs: Monitoring and Discipline Cover Image

İktidarın Gücünün Gözüktüğü Yer: İzleme ve Disiplin
Where the Power of Power Occurs: Monitoring and Discipline

Author(s): Dilek Canyurt
Subject(s): Media studies, Contemporary Philosophy, Studies in violence and power, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Foucault; Monitoring; Power; Discipline;

Summary/Abstract: In modern times, in parallel with the increase in technological opportunities, the possibilities of every segment that wants to have power over others have increased. The aim of this study is to raise awareness about the power of power, monitoring and discipline with the acceleration of the scandals that have emerged in recent days in social media such as Facebook and Twitter in the context of violations of personal privacy. In doing so, Foucault's perspective was preferred. The form of power described by Foucault does not only express the power of the state, but every person and institution that rules others is included in this description. This study focuses on the issue of relationship between power-crime-monitoring through, especially Ponepticon model prisons. As a result, who want to be in power today use every method of monitoring in order to have as much information about society as possible. The fact that monitoring became extremely widespread has brought its normalization to a habitual dimension.

  • Issue Year: 18/2020
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 197-208
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish