Electronic Panopticon(extra)

Origin of panopticon

 

Origin of the word Panopticon comes from monitoring system that has been designed from the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Circular prison designed by Bentham's prison, the private room at the edge of the circle to isolate the prisoners, the center of the circle there is a high watchtower. Room of prisoners is bright, watchtower dark compared to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jeremy Bentham's panopticon

The origin by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

 

Feeling of pressure itself every one of their lives that seem to huge surveillance tower, make it, be careful of the behavior of prisoners. If no one without a watch towers, prisoners can not know it. It is possible thing at the same time monitoring and control even the smallest number of people.

 

From panopticon to electronic panopticon

 

In the end, Panopticon, which began in prison, began to be applied to society each direction. As a result, a kind of Modern Times of Charlie Chaplin had actually happened. This system by the feeling being monitored, with the development of technology, to welcome a new development. It is the evolution of e- Panopticon from Panopticon. People connected to each other in the Internet, a huge amount of information in every unintentionally, or intentionally as shedding. when the on-line information is combined off-line CCtv, we will be absolutely weak for those who have the information.

 

This new electronic panopticon, as compared to the existing Panopticon, similarities and differences exist. 

Common point is the uncertainty and monitoring mechanism. As not confirm the prisoner whether it is monitored, we would then not confirm our information whether is exposed, and controls ourselves. It is only those methods also monitor the changes in the information from the eye.

The difference is that the center position and scale. Scale of electronic panopticon was much huge. Now, to collect information on all global scale beyond the scale of the country. The Panopticon existing, the position of the watchtower as a central is clear. But now, the center position is not clear, and are distributed around the network or offline.

Electronic monitoring system is beyond limited space of Bentham's prison. And the city, the country, the world expanded its area. At the same time, it was the central location of the governing powers, such as watchtowers were dispersed in space mesh network.