The Electronic Eye
The Rise of Surveillance Society - Computers and Social Control in Context
David Lyon
Social Science / Sociology / General
In this book David Lyon analyses the various contexts of surveillance activity and offers a balanced account of the influence electronic information systems have on the social order today.
David Lyon is Professor and Head of Department of Sociology at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of several books including The Information Society (Polity, 1988).
| Publication Date: |
17 January 1994 |
| Publisher: |
Polity Press |
| Imprint: |
Polity |
| ISBN-13: |
9780745612683 |
| Format: |
Paperback / softback |
| Page Count: |
272 |
| Weight (oz): |
13.0 |