Two models of privacy issues are contrasted. The surveillance model employs visual
metaphors (eg,“Big Brother is watching") and derives from historical experiences of secret …

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The Surveillance Society: Information Technology and Bureaucratic Social Control by Oscar …

This volume is the first to illustrate the application of rhetorical theory and critical
perspectives to explain public relations practices. It provides a systematic and coherent …

THE newest of the most recent round of new communication technologies, which center on
computer networks and the various modalities of computer-mediated communication that …

This chapter develops, through the perspective of political economy, a critique of the role of
public relations in the formation and implementation of public policy. A general model of …

The Communication Yearbook 16 focuses on the study of communication within corporate
organizations. Part II explores the role of communication studies in such timely issues as …

Electronic monitoring (EM) is now a widespread practical resource and technique of
community supervision/control in corrections. It is argued that an" elective affinity" in the …

The way that computerization changes white collar work is the subject of significant
controversies in the research and professional communities. This paper examines some of …

1. Introduction Technological change has been a central theme for sociological analyses of
work and organization (cf Littler, 1982). Sociologists concur that most factory technologies …

A consideration of some of the existing theoretical approaches for understanding
surveillance in the workplace is provided with a particular emphasis on the qualitative …