An Analysis of the Concept of Surveillance in terms of Minority Report Movie

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 6, 13 - 28, 10.12.2017

Erdem Koç

Öz

Contemporary
modern surveillance, its power, effects and dicipline concepts are determined
by Michel Foucault’s Panopticon theory. Panopticon is a kind of jail
architecture which was designed by Jeremy Bentham in late 18th century. This
jail has a special strucure which enables watching the prisoner’s cells from
one point. While the guard’s centre can see the all sides, prisoner’s can’t see
the inside of guard point thus the prisoners all the time have  the feeling of being watched. This situation
causes prisoners to internalize the sovereign power and supplies the
autocontrol system with minimum human power. Modern surveillance units of our
age are revealed in Minority Report.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Key Words: Surveillance, Panopticon, Prison, Power, Movie

Kaynakça

• • Ball, K. and Webster, F. (2003), “The Intensification of Surveillance”, in K. Ball and F. Webster (eds.), The Intensification of Surveillance: Crime, Terrorism and Warfare in the Information Age, London: Pluto Press, 1-15
• • Deleuze, G. (1992), “Postscript on the Societies of Control”, October, 59, 3-7
• • Feenberg, A. (1991), Critical Theory of Technology, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.