Introduction: The "I," the eye, and the screen -- The history of CCTV in Great Britain and Canada -- Theoretical elements of government surveillance -- CCTV and the court system -- Theoretical elements of CCTV as a media format -- Speed cameras, the courts and the recorded image as positive identification -- The certainty in images -- Governmentality and the CCTV image -- Visibility and control -- The performance of governing -- Practices and the distancing of government from the population -- Camera surveillance as an exercise of power.
Summary:
"Visibility and Control: Cameras and Certainty in Governing addresses the ways in which camera-produced images are used to support governmental authority in contemporary Western culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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