Santa Monica College Panopticon Effect Within Verizon Discussion

Analyze the “Panopticon effect” within an institution or organization of your choice (800-1,000 words). Please number your sections like the prompt below:

Do not analyze SMC for this assignment! We already analyzed SMC in the Week 12b lecture. Please select another institution or organization. It can be a workplace or club–any other organization or institution.

1. 1. Disciplinary Power:
      • Briefly explain the institution or organization that you chose to analyze. How is “disciplinary power” evident? What goal is this disciplining aiming to achieve? Be specific in your examples. Cite and analyze a passage from the reading to support your interpretation of disciplinary power in this institution or organization.
   2. Automatic Power:
      • What does Foucault mean by the Panopticon being an “automatic functioning of power” (657)? To what extent is power “invisible” and “disindividualized” in this institution or organization? Give specific examples for how this entity “automatizes” disciplinary power. Clarify the meanings of these terms through your examples.
   3. Respond to your Opposition:
      • Do you support this use of disciplinary power? Why/why not? Raise the strongest objection from your opposition and respond.
        • (For example, if you think this use of disciplinary power is beneficial, then what are the strongest reasons for why might some might think this use of disciplinary power is harmful or oppressive?)

• • Write your word count at the end.