sousveillance
Sign in to save300px|thumb|Camera A is engaged in surveillance, while the person wearing camera B on their head is engaged in sousveillance. thumb|Surveillance as compared with sousveillance|300pxSousveillance ( ) is the recording of an activity by a member of the public, rather than a person or organisation in authority, typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies. The term, coined by Steve Mann, stems from the contrasting French words sur, meaning "above", and sous, meaning "below", i.e. "surveillance" denotes the "eye in the sky" watching from above, whereas "sousveillance" denote
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Inverse surveillance
- Other types of sousveillance
- Alibi sousveillance
- Police use
- Sousveillance cultures
- Sousveillance efficiency or efficacy
- See also
- References
300px|thumb|Camera A is engaged in surveillance, while the person wearing camera B on their head is engaged in sousveillance. thumb|Surveillance as compared with sousveillance|300pxSousveillance ( ) is the recording of an activity by a member of the public, rather than a person or organisation in authority, typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies. The term, coined by Steve Mann, stems from the contrasting French words sur, meaning "above", and sous, meaning "below", i.e. "surveillance" denotes the "eye in the sky" watching from above, whereas "sousveillance" denotes bringing the means of observation down to human level, either physically (by mounting cameras on people rather than on buildings) or hierarchically (with ordinary people observing, rather than by higher authorities or by architectural means).
Undersight (inverse oversight) is sousveillance at high-level, e.g. "citizen undersight" being reciprocal to a congressional oversight committee or the like.