More Facebook use increases body surveillance regardless of gender
Evidence
First we present ourselves as data objects for inspection, and then we experience ourselves as the “it” that others see. One 2014 study demonstrated the deleterious effect of these loops on body consciousness. An analysis of young men and women who had used Facebook for at least six years concluded that, regardless of gender, more Facebook participation leads to more body surveillance. A sense of self-worth comes to depend on physical appearance and being perceived as a sex object. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1478
Categorization
- DEFINE: Illustrates self-objectification, the process of experiencing oneself as the object others see.
- XREF: connects to: Air travel inverts gender surveillance to target male bodies — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian…, 381; External surveillance becomes internalized as self-imposed bodily discipline — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 512; US surveillance systematically targets select bodies using racial cues — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 94 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- External surveillance becomes internalized as self-imposed bodily discipline
#expands(0.82) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 512 - US surveillance systematically targets select bodies using racial cues
#complicates(0.78) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 94 - Technology-based surveillance reproduces rather than removes racial bias
#complicates(0.75) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 166 - Feminist focus on culture obscures how racialized women’s bodies legitimize state surveillance
#qualifies(0.75) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 332 - Air travel inverts gender surveillance to target male bodies
#complicates(0.72) — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 381 - Social comparison is the dominant psychological process in the Facebook experience.
#responds-to(0.70) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1470