The panopticon effect
The Use of Surveillance and Monitoring by Foster Carers and Social Work Practitioners to Minimise Unmediated Contact
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6421036 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James T Simpson (University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-40 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical and Radical Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-8675 • E-ISSN: 2049-8608 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/20498608y2024d000000066 |
| OpenAlex | W4405712525 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
The use of digital devices and the Internet by care-experienced children and young people has been associated with problems that have included placement disruption and the risk of re-experiencing parental abuse. This article provides details of an exploratory study that was concerned with how young people in care made use of digital devices and the Internet to stay in touch with family members. Using a triadic method of semi-structured interviews to hear from 12 young people, their foster carers and social workers, the findings point to the use of a variety of monitoring and surveillance methods that embrace the ‘techniques’ of examination, interrogation and visibility by adults, as well as ‘resistance’ by the young people. The article closes by drawing the conclusion that foster carers and social workers are, in effect, sleepwalking into surveillance, where the aim is social control
Exploratory research · Foster care · Internet privacy · Panopticon · Political science · Psychiatry · Sleepwalking · Sociology · The Internet · Variety (cybernetics · World Wide Web · Child Therapy and Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Social learning and clinical psychology.
Connecting People – Renewing Power Relations? A Research Review on the Use of Mobile Phones
Interviewing strategies with young people
Developing creative research methods with challenging pupils
The Children Act 2004
Managing unregulated contact in the age of new technology
Twenty-first century contact
Managing Loss and a Threatened Identity
Not All that Is Solid Melts into Air? Care-Experienced Young People, Friendship and Relationships in the ‘Digital Age’
Safeguarding Cyborg Childhoods
Mobile Phones and Contact Arrangements for Children Living in Care
Teachers in the Schoolhouse Panopticon
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Discipline and Punish
Power and Social Work in the United Kingdom
Using Foucault's Methods
Embracing Powerlessness in Pursuit of Digital Resilience
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |