"Big Brother" ein Arbeitshaus im 21. Jahrhundert

Zur Aktualität des panoptischen Modells

Abstract

By comparing the mechanisms of selection in the TV show Big Brother with the modern methods of business administration according to ISO norms 9000- 9004 on quality management a lot of similarities are shown. In some respect these broadcasts can be understood as workhouses in the Foucaultian manner, the give a public example how to work and how to behave.