The theme of the dissertation is surveillance. Its aim is to answer the following question: up to what extend do we live in a society, which may be described as a surveillance society. For this purpose it defines, what is meant by surveillance, how surveillance evolved through history, which theories relevantly describe this phenomenon and in which spheres surveillance is notable. The dissertation introduces the main theories of the multi-disciplinary field of surveillance studies, which has been developing over the last twenty years. Special attention is focused on CCTV systems. At the same time, the thesis focuses on ethical problems of surveillance, i.e. privacy, discrimination, social exclusion, transparency and responsibility.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:308471 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Slavíček, Daniel |
| Contributors | Pinc, Zdeněk, Marcelli, Miroslav, Fulka, Josef |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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