Panopticism is a modality of social control, the aim is to be an overt method of technology that has entirely changed the ways this power is exercised (Sheridan, 2016 ). It describes about the power relation as supervision, control and correction (Brunon-Ernst, 2012). Panopticism is a social theory named of the panopticon.There are many sites of discipline with specific technology of power, the most common technology is Panopticon. Panopticon was originally a concept of the prison building designed by social theorist, Jeremy Bentham in 1785. In modern society, panopticon is no longer just the architectural design, but it being a model of management of discipline and punish which is also applied nowadays to discipline the societies that exercised through surveillance.
In order to sustaining discipline in modern society, the government nowadays depending on a type of power that is disciplinary power based on surveillance. Generally, Foucault talked about how disciplinary power increases control over the body of citizens and produces ability for aptitude. Disciplinary power that is exemplified by Bentham's Panopticon showed that how the individuals can be controlled efficiently. In disciplinary power, …show more content…
According to Foucault (as cited in Simon, 2005), panopticon is to induce in the inmate a state of conscious and motivate the person in the inmate to ensure the automatic functioning of power. Besides that that, panopticon is to avoid peoples to break the law. It means the peoples will be aware and disciplined themselves to do wrong things such as steal, dangerous driving and others. Therefore, the inmate will behave in doing something as they were being watched but they never know who is watching them. According to Mathiesen’s (as cited in Crampton & Elden, 2007, p. 254), “concept of the viewer society and the synopticon (the many watching the few), as a discipline of
In order to sustaining discipline in modern society, the government nowadays depending on a type of power that is disciplinary power based on surveillance. Generally, Foucault talked about how disciplinary power increases control over the body of citizens and produces ability for aptitude. Disciplinary power that is exemplified by Bentham's Panopticon showed that how the individuals can be controlled efficiently. In disciplinary power, …show more content…
According to Foucault (as cited in Simon, 2005), panopticon is to induce in the inmate a state of conscious and motivate the person in the inmate to ensure the automatic functioning of power. Besides that that, panopticon is to avoid peoples to break the law. It means the peoples will be aware and disciplined themselves to do wrong things such as steal, dangerous driving and others. Therefore, the inmate will behave in doing something as they were being watched but they never know who is watching them. According to Mathiesen’s (as cited in Crampton & Elden, 2007, p. 254), “concept of the viewer society and the synopticon (the many watching the few), as a discipline of