Continuous classroom monitoring is marketed as an empowering selling point

Evidence

The links between continuous surveillance and the education of children are so deeply naturalized here that the panoptic notion of teachers using continuous real-time monitoring is presented as neither chilling nor threatening. On the contrary, it is a selling point, giving teachers “a full bird’s eye view of the entire classroom” (Impero Education), which enables them to “immediately intervene in a highly personalized way” (Blackboard). — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 535

Categorization

• XREF: Panopticon reference connects to Foucault-surveillance readings; also echoes White Noise on technological normalization. — connects to: Routine bodily self-monitoring has become a competitive, profit-generating infrastructure — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 25; Market forces redirected affective computing from empowerment into commercial surveillance — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 909; Commercial exploitation of idle attention is a recent development — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 65 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Emotion-tracking analytics are marketed as a pay-as-you-go service #exemplifies (0.90) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 901
• Market forces redirected affective computing from empowerment into commercial surveillance #expands (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 909
• Keyword monitoring is offered as the safety net enabling online freedom #expands (0.80) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 537
• Commercial exploitation of idle attention is a recent development #corroborates (0.72) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 65