Arrival of the Inverse Panopticon Society
From Wikileaks to the Facebook Revolution
| [Author] | John Kim |
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ISBN:978-4-88759-898-0
Unique Selling Points
Examining the recent affairs with Wikileaks and the Jasmine Revolution in Egypt, the up-and-coming media journalist John Kim analyzes the current social movements towards open information society. We can no longer stop the tidal waves of revolutions.
Contents
Have you ever heard of the term “panopticon?” It means an observation surveillance system based on Bentham’s prison design in the 18th century. Wikileaks affairs and the Facebook Revolution reminded me of the concept of this panopticon, only that its structure is reversed. Now, it is the citizens who monitor the state from the watchtower.
Whereas the future model in George Orwell’s novel 1984 depicts the world where citizen’s every move is monitored by the state called Big Brother, what we have been witnessing in the real world is that Wikileaks and Facebook have served as powerful tools for the brave citizens who have taken political actions, putting their lives at stake. It is the arrival of the inverse panopticon society, where the state is monitored by citizens on the watchtower. In this book, I will be discussing the coming of the inverse panopticon society through analyzing Wikileaks and the Facebook Revolution.
In the Book:
- Introduction
- From Wikileaks to the Facebook Revolution
- The Arrival of the Inverse Panopticon Society
- Chapter 1: The Beginning of Wikileaks
- The Beginning of Wikileaks
- The founder Assange
- The day Wikileaks became a form of media
- Chapter 2: Wikileaks and diplomacy
- What has Wikileaks exposed?
- Is a whistleblower a protagonist or a traitor?
- Seven controversial issues on Wikileaks
- What awaits Assange and Wikileaks?
- Chapter 3: Outbreaks of cyber wars
- What Amazon’s decision triggered
- Outbreaks of cyber wars
- Chapter 4: Wikileaks and journalism
- Honeymoon period of Wikileaks and the major press
- The meaning of the partnership between Wikileaks and mass media
- Conflicts between internet and acquired rights
- Chapter 5: Wikileaks and businesses
- Chapter 6: The future of Wikileaks
- Chapter 7: The Facebook Revolution
- The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia
- The Facebook Revolution in Egypt
- Generalizing the Facebook Revolution
- Epilogue
- The Arrival of the Inverse Panopticon Society
About the Author
John Kim (Associate Professor at Keio University, Japan and Guest Professor at Harvard Law School, U.S.)
Dr. Kim is an associate professor of Media and Governance at Keio University, and a guest professor at Harvard Law School. Born in 1973 in Korea, he studied at Chuo University in Japan on the country’s sponsorship and later went on to study at Indiana University, U.S., where he completed the doctorate degree in mass communication. He is a senior researcher at Oxford University in England, University of the German Federal Armed Forces, lecturer at Indiana University, guest researcher at Institute of Intellectual Property in Japan, and a member of the European Committee for Standardization. He has been appointed as an associate professor at Keio University since 2004. He also serves as a commentator for BS Prime News on Fuji Television in Japan, and has been assigned as a committee member of the Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs. He is also an advisory committee member for Naver, Korea. He is the chairman of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research, and the chief officer of the Japan Society of Contents. He is active on twitter under account name @kimkeio.