Szakolczai, J. M. (2021) 'What have you caught?' Nannycams and hidden cameras as normalised surveillance of the intimate. In: O'Connor, P. and Benţa, M. I. (eds.) The Technologisation of the Social: A Political Anthropology of the Digital Machine. Series: Contemporary liminality. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 139-152. ISBN 9780367511661 (doi: 10.4324/9781003052678-10)
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Abstract
This chapter concerns the use and abuse of spycams, nowadays easily available on the main e-commerce platforms, within the domestic environment. Such devices feature minuscule lenses, motion sensors and night-view capabilities – particularly efficient in remotely ‘watching over’ and ‘checking on’ nannies and dog sitters. However, their use has implications for the incidental monitoring of unaware guests/intruders, in extreme cases permitting tolerated instances of domestic abuse. Through an onlife ethnography of reviews and forums, the chapter suggests their use has become a normative and well-integrated characteristic of everyday domestic life.
Item Type: | Book Sections |
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Status: | Published |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Szakolczai, Dr Janos Mark |
Authors: | Szakolczai, J. M. |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
Publisher: | Routledge |
ISBN: | 9780367511661 |
Published Online: | 30 December 2021 |
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