From Panopticon to Oligopticon: Foucault, Latour and the Space-Power Relationship in Social Media

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (7) : 6-24.

From Panopticon to Oligopticon: Foucault, Latour and the Space-Power Relationship in Social Media

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Along with multiple theoretical resources in the “spatial turn” during the middle time of 20th Century, Foucault’s mode of Panopticon and Latour’s mode of Oligopticon identify two different paths for space-power analysis. This article hence starts with Foucault’s Panopticon mode highlighting the productivity of power and the visibility of space are two centre issues Foucault deploying. Then it will go to Latour’s different mode of Oligopticon which is based on the heterogeneousness of space and power as a relational network. At last, this article will also contribute to a non-representational model for the understanding of “socially produced of space” which is built on Latour’s Oligopticon.

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spatial turn / space-power / materiality / representational/non-representational theory

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. From Panopticon to Oligopticon: Foucault, Latour and the Space-Power Relationship in Social Media. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2021, 43(7): 6-24

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