A. Define and discuss panopticism (around 500 words)• In discussing panopticism you could discuss...

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A. Define and discuss panopticism (around 500 words)• In discussing panopticism you could discuss Bentham’sdesign, Foucault’s use of this design as a powerful socialmetaphor to describe social control in modernity (thiscan include arguments labelled as post panopticism)B. Discuss how these arguments might be applied to specific examples of how surveillance states (and /or associatedorganisations) seek to control the population in contemporary society. If you wish you can consider examples we have already covered such as prisons, police, or neighbourhood watch. Alternatively you can choose a different organisation which is notnecessarily linked to the criminal justice system, such as health organisations, schools, or the welfare state. If you have an idea but you are unsure if it is appropriate simply ask Ruthie. You canuse numerous examples from different organisations if you wish, but please try to ensure that each of your examples is discussed in some depth. (Around 500 words).• Ensure that you use peer reviewed academic references,but do not restrict yourselves to the weekly readings. Do notcite the lecture PowerPoint slides, but you can draw upon works referenced in the lectures

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Part A- What is Panopticism?
Panopticism was a term coined by the French philosopher Michael Foucault. Panopticism refers to surveillance when it becomes innate in a person and does not require external supervision. It is done through creating suspense in those who are being watched whereof they are unable to notice whether they are being watched or not. This creates a psychological vigilance in their minds and they self-monitor out of fear that they are being watched at all times (Wood, 2003). 
Panopticism differs from the panopticon model in that panopticon refers to external surveillance where the watcher and those being watched known when and where they are under watch. On the other hand, panopticism focuses on internalizing surveillance to such an extent that each individual under watch begins to watch himself and becomes his/her own guard.
The implication of 'Panopticism' can further be observed in Foucault’s work Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison where he states that 
"Hence the major effect of the Panopticon: to induce in the inmate a state of conscious and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power. So to arrange things that the surveillance is permanent in its effects, even if it is discontinuous in its action;”
Bentham’s design for prisons focussed on having a prison shaped in a circular fashion where the cells were surrounding a tall tower, from which the inmates would be watched. The principle of Bentham’s design is that the watcher must be both visible yet unverifiable. The watcher being visible means that the inmates should constantly suspect that someone is watching them but at the same time he should be unverifiable in that they shouldn’t know when and who is watching them at what time.

A. Define and discuss panopticism (around 500 words)• In discussing panopticism you could discuss Bentham’sdesign, Foucault’s use of this design as a powerful socialmetaphor to describe social control...

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