Blog post 1 by Wong Ho Yin SID: 10555468

Student name: Wong Ho Yin  SID: 10555468

The Work of Being Watched: Interactive Media and the Exploitation of Self-Disclosure Mark Andrejevic

 In this article, the writer tried to discuss the privacy and surveillance relationship. At first, the development of interactive media and computer for storage power exert comprehensive forms of consumer monitoring. The phenomenon is most of the organization accord a user record in the internet to organize or advocate the consumer privacy rights and protection creeping corporate surveillance. The main purpose of the organize consumer view and privacy rights. It hopes organization use and knows consumer hobbies to get a benefit from their deployment. In addition, he talks who make a power gains in p.232 from Robins and Webster’s inspiration of information revolution. To face a information revolution, he thought a personal privacy is not a main point. It should be an ill-defined concept and really different culture extent. To produce a surveillance, it is Surveillance x Labor = Productivity. It use information economy and design consumption of accumulation. As a result, the consumer surveillance produces economy to distinguish a value or activity. He used a digital confessional to support a strategy of rationalization. The most important is the consumer behavior exposes their desire. It provides a correct production and practical to match their features or offer about relative necessary product and make more consumption from the surveillance

  In my view, privacy and surveillance are totally contradiction topics each other. Privacy is a person necessary protection in the society. Surveillance is a negative and passive action for people. However, the definition of surveillance should be changed and being a economy production. Nowadays, it is a 21 century. The technology is thrived and common for each person. As a result, surveillance unconsciously enters our life in the technical development. I agree his point of privacy and surveillance relationship. Because the new media of the technology have become surveillance instrument and everywhere, such as browse record in website or recommendation from consumer shopping analysis. Moreover, it can locate our position and provide a most appropriate nearest restaurant or book store. The self of design is a part of surveillance. It should be fulfill organization get a information for consumer and make a effective for economy consideration. As a result, it is very convenient for consumer and receives their suggestion. To sum up, the character of surveillance is different concept before the new media development. Nevertheless, it may be have a problem of the privacy protection.