Social comparison (i.e., body, eating, exercise) and body surveillance were tested as mediators of the thin-ideal internalization-body dissatisfaction relationship in the context of an elaborated sociocultural model of disordered eating. Participants were 219 college women who completed two questionnaire sessions 3 months apart. The cross-sectional elaborated sociocultural model (i.e., includin...

Video surveillance is watching an area for significant events. Perimeter security generally requires watching areas that afford trespassers reasonable cover and concealment. Almost by definition such “interesting” areas have limited visibility distance. These situations call for a wide field of view, and are a natural application for omni-directional VSAM. This paper summarizes our ongoing effo...

Sociocultural models of disordered eating lack comprehensive explanations as to how thin ideal internalization leads to body dissatisfaction. This study examined two social psychological theories as explanations of this relation, namely social comparison and objectification theories, in a sample of 265 women attending a Southeastern university. Social comparison (both general and appearance-rel...

Stature concerns are a prominent source of body dissatisfaction for Chinese teenagers and young adults, yet little is known about the psychological factors that account for it. Therefore, this study examined social cultural model and objectification theory as explanations for stature concerns in a sample of undergraduate men and women from a university in Henan, China. Given height is a salient...

Using the metaphor of biological organism fighting foreign invasion with its antibodies, I analyze some problems associated “scapegoating” foreigners in sites surveillance. In this essay, assess portability metaphor, not only US security and surveillance like airport other ports immigration, but also everyday interactions/transactions streets, stores, classroom. My analysis assessments are base...

This paper reflects on the development of surveillance studies over twenty years since first publication Surveillance & Society. It starts by pointing to key contextual changes that have provided fertile ground for surveillance-focused analysis and, in turn, shaped emphasis field. The main body is organised three (temporal) frames: origins field, present considerations, and future concerns....