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The M.A. in Law, Justice & Culture—which focuses on critical analysis of law in relation to society, culture, politics and power—is accepting applications through Nov. 15 for those interested in starting the online program in Spring 2020. This master’s degree is designed for anyone who deals with law academically or […]

Center for Law, Justice and Culture welcomes writer and lawyer Arjun Sethi to campus. Sethi will speak on “Surveillance in the 21st Century” on Monday, April 18, at 6 p.m. in Porter 105. All students, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event. A reception will follow. Sethi […]

The Making and Breaking the Law theme group is coordinating a series of events on the theme of “Critical Resistance in the Digital Age” in Spring 2014. The spring series focuses on social activism, new media technologies, and their role in relation to issues of privacy, mobilization, and advocacy, with […]

By Philip Barnes From high-tech airport security checks and banks that scrutinize the specifics of your credit card purchases, to city street cameras and the data collected on your Facebook postings, surveillance is “in the DNA” of modern society, argue the authors of a new book. Related Post: Top 10  […]

Join Dr. John Gilliom for a Café Conversation on “The Death of Big Brother and the Rise of the Surveillance Society” on Wednesday, Sept. 18 ,at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. “We live in a surveillance society. Every credit card, cell phone, or search engine we use leaves […]

Athens Messenger reporter Kelly Doran interviewed Dr. John Gilliom, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University about his new book, SuperVision: An Introduction to the Surveillance Society. Surveillance has become unavoidable in today’s society, a new book co-written by an Ohio […]

Second in a series of articles on our surveillance society. John Gilliom and Torin Monahan’s book SuperVision: An Introduction to the Surveillance Society is just in time for the national dialogue on surveillance and power. “Why do we call this a surveillance society? Because virtually all significant social, institutional, or […]