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The social impact of surveillance in three UK schools : 'angels', 'devils' and 'teen mums'

McCahill, Michael; Finn, Rachel

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Rachel Finn



Abstract

Drawing upon the preliminary findings of a broader ESRC-funded project on the 'surveilled', this paper examines the social impact of 'new surveillance' technologies on the lives of school children living in a Northern City. We conducted fifteen one-hour 'focus groups' with eighty-five 13 to 16 year-old children in three schools. The pupils were asked a range of questions designed to document their awareness, experience and response to 'surveillance' as 'school children', but also as 'regular citizens' going about their business 'outside' of the school. We show how children's experience and response to surveillance varies across 'social positionings' of class and gender, before going on to discuss the implications of our findings for the major theoretical debates on surveillance.

Citation

McCahill, M., & Finn, R. (2010). The social impact of surveillance in three UK schools : 'angels', 'devils' and 'teen mums'. Surveillance and Society, 7(3-4), 273-289. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v7i3/4.4156

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jul 6, 2010
Deposit Date Nov 13, 2014
Publicly Available Date Nov 13, 2014
Journal Surveillance and Society
Print ISSN 1477-7487
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 3-4
Pages 273-289
DOI https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v7i3/4.4156
Keywords Surveillance; Children; Schools
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/463140
Publisher URL https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/4156
Additional Information Copy of article first published in Surveillance and society, 2010, v.7, issue 3/4
Contract Date Nov 13, 2014

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