Snitch Culture: How Citizens are Turned into the Eyes and Ears of the State
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0922915636
ISBN 13
9780922915637
Category
Media Culture
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Pages
320
Description
In this alarming expose, investigative journalist Jim Redden examines how snooping has become so much a part of American culture that it is practically a family value, encouraged on billboards, television, and even in classrooms. From employees hired to spy on their coworkers to doctors forced to disclose medical information, the U.S. has developed a chilling network for monitoring its citizens. Worst of all, the information gathered - and widely disseminated - is often unreliable, solicited from paid and anonymous informants. "No one is safe in the Snitch Culture. Jim Redden has written a scary, fascinating, and important examination of the pervasive use and abuse of informants and snitches in the United States." - Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love - from Amzon
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1
