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dc.contributor.authorKendell, David
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-25T18:00:58Z
dc.date.available2021-05-25T18:00:58Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/15093
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a philosophical investigation that tracks the increasing influence of surveillance capitalism and its relationship to changes in identity, behaviour, and the classroom to create surveillance education. Education is key in the behavioural development of students and a critical social environment in the development of self-identity. Surveillance capitalism’s practitioners could author student identity by controlling the feedback about behavioural expression in the classroom and create citizens who accept surveillance as a legitimate part of their participation in society. This places humans in the position of a simple natural resource to be stacked, sorted, and manipulated as Heidegger suggested. This thesis begins with an examination of Shoshana Zuboff’s book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and traces the interconnected nature of these concepts. Zuboff’s arguments are refocused towards identity. An examination of how education is changing and aiding in the adoption of surveillance methods is then undertaken. This leads to the conclusion that humans are now a natural resource and that education plays role in this outcome. Possible solutions to change the course are suggested. Future areas of research are also proposed that will continue to shed light on the emergence and effects of surveillance education.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjecttechnologyen_US
dc.subjectidentityen_US
dc.subjectsurveillance capitalismen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectbehaviouren_US
dc.titleTowards Surveillance Education: An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Surveillance Capitalism, Education, and Identityen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameMaster of Educationen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Educationen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Educationen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-18T01:37:33Z


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