Cameras are everywhere recording every move in everyone's life. But, this is America. We have privacy laws, right? We don’t spy. We simply watch… for security purposes, for our own good. OK, and maybe for entertainment, too.
In England, it is estimated that approximately 300 different security cameras record the average Londoner each day. Why, and to what effect? Who is hired to watch all that video? What are they trying to see? And what is the difference between security and spying? What are our rights to privacy? Who is exempted from being seen? Why can’t we zoom in and watch those who are watching us? Maybe Cornell University will let us know.
Before long “others” will be watching our every move, and they will claim is for our own good. What happens to a society when we realize there is no privacy, when cameras exploit every relationship? But then, cameras have always been alive in our world.
Consider visual literacy and grow better media communication.
08/07/08