Foucault's surveillance and discipline
Foucault analysed how modern societies use surveillance (prisons, schools, workplaces) and discipline to control populations; people internalise surveillance, regulating themselves.
Real World
Amazon warehouse workers tracked by productivity sensors that monitor every second of their shift self-regulate their pace — a real-world panopticon where workers discipline themselves knowing constant surveillance is possible.
Exam Focus
When explaining Foucault, always include self-surveillance (internalisation) — answers that only describe external CCTV miss his key theoretical point.
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