A panopticon is a prison where everyone can see you; in the case of privacy it's a voluntary prison, one of choice. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Are We Headed For a Technological Panopticon?] Reference
The panopticon is a worthy point of discussion as it does stretch into all parts of our life. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
A panopticon is a prison where everyone can see you; in the case of privacy it’s a voluntary prison, one of choice. From Wordnik.com. [Dusk Before the Dawn » 2008 » January] Reference
On the other hand, would Americans stand for that kind of panopticon police surveilance?. From Wordnik.com. [Just asking « BuzzMachine] Reference
Both groups are encouraging voters to use Twitter as a kind of panopticon of the polling process. From Wordnik.com. [Tweet the Vote! - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
Ryan tried to create what French philosopher Michel Foucault called a "panopticon," as a way of intimidating his opponent. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-06-01] Reference
"panopticon" view into every aspect of people's lives. From Wordnik.com. [Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs] Reference
"panopticon" effect, which forces people to assume they are being watched at all times so they essentially police themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica Plain Gazette] Reference
London's panopticon of CCTVs aren't solving crimes. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
MR: I think we'd already at a technological panopticon. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Meld Make-Up Test with Mike Resnick] Reference
Reality shows: pointing the way to the panopticon future. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 13, 2003 - July 19, 2003 Archives] Reference
SF Signal | Are we headed for a technological panopticon?. From Wordnik.com. [Leituras] Reference
Current Music: crown me king- david's amazing panopticon!. From Wordnik.com. [mordicai: crown me king!] Reference
This is Foucault's disciplining panopticon gone beyond measure. From Wordnik.com. [Laparoscopic Lobotomic War Fetishes] Reference
London's panopticon of CCTVs aren't solving crimes - Boing Boing. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The problem of unaccountable intermediaries: the new panopticon. From Wordnik.com. [WIPIP at Seton Hall part 3] Reference
Invert that panopticon by Josh Koenig on August 20, 2007 - 2: 39pm. From Wordnik.com. [You Can Run, But You Can't Hide] Reference
Remember when she made reference to Bentham's panopticon last week?. From Wordnik.com. [ARTINFO: "WORK OF ART" RECAP: Jumping on the "Noumenon"] Reference
I suggest you go do some research into the effects of the panopticon. From Wordnik.com. [UK T.W.A.T. ratio of arrests to convictions less than 41:1 « raincoaster] Reference
Frankie learns about the theory of a panopticon in her favorite class. From Wordnik.com. [The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E Lockhart: Questions] Reference
More panopticon news raises the specter of not having any privacy left. From Wordnik.com. [Ian Welsh: Big Brother is Watching] Reference
And I do love the panopticon, almost as much as I love the eyes of flies. From Wordnik.com. [Vanessa Place, Round One] Reference
The idea of the emerging participatory panopticon scares a lot of people. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Emerging participatory panopticon] Reference
Notably, the deputy was in what appears to be a panopticon configuration. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Prisoner Prosecuted for Masturbation:] Reference
Any Foucauldians out there who want to comment on this virtual panopticon?. From Wordnik.com. [VOLUNTEER VIRTUAL BORDER GUARDS » Sociological Images] Reference
In it, we discussed the panopticon – I happened to find it pretty interesting. From Wordnik.com. [This type of place will break you down, man. | clusterflock] Reference
Berlin hacker con will use RFID badges to simulate life in a totalitarian panopticon. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
But with enough mobloggers, a panopticon of performance may be a great leading indicator. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » More Parking Lot Blogging!] Reference
This brings up the second part of the question: are we headed for a technological panopticon?. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Are We Headed For a Technological Panopticon?] Reference
One way to begin breaking down the panopticon is by using objectification as a source of power. From Wordnik.com. [Recommendations for Prison Reform] Reference
Was there any obvious path depicted to the great chamber and the panopticon column tower within it?. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
It is patently clear to most of us that we have our hands tied in what is fast becoming a "panopticon world.". From Wordnik.com. [Grey and Drizzling in America] Reference
The most startling surprises were the bottomless well, the cave, the monster kaleidoscope, and the panopticon. From Wordnik.com. [By Water to the Columbian Exposition] Reference
Even if financial markets bounce back, the larger problem persists if we're still living inside a permanent panopticon. From Wordnik.com. [Randall Amster: The Great Repression: Civil Liberties, the Economy, and a House Mismanaged] Reference
And Jamais Cascio, cofounder of worldchanging. com, talks about "the participatory panopticon" on this week's NeoFiles. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 Archives] Reference
Or, we could all be wired into some sort of panopticon, in a world run by robots who feed off of our existential frustration. From Wordnik.com. [Jason Linkins: Liveblogging The Season Finale Of The Democratic Primary Process] Reference
But Manni looks the way big-Manni remembers, captured by the unblinking Argus awareness of the panopticon dust floating in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
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