Surveillance is the act of being watched or monitored by something or someone. Surveillance can have many different forms, as with today’s modern technology there are many ways that people can be watched. As mentioned in the reading, when first thinking of surveillance we tend to think of devices such as security cameras, tracking devices, etc. All these technological devices exist because of modern technology that have allowed people of all ages and occupations, whether that be FBI agents or parents or teenagers, to have surveillance over people. Parents can use the app Life360 or Find Friends to track their children and have constant surveillance over their whereabouts. I also thought it was interesting how in the reading it was mentioned that reality TV can be seen as a form of surveillance. For example, on Keeping up with the Kardashians they have sacrificed their privacy for this television program and they are constantly being filmed by a crew. Famous people in general have given up privacy and experience surveillance heavily as they are always being photographed or listened to by paparazzi and the general public.
Alvin – Gaze
Gaze is the specific way of perceiving a specific representation of a visual element. The elements under the gaze are mostly gender, race, sex and other main factors that constantly appear in the media. The most recurring form of gaze especially in the film and media industry is the male gaze in which the female body is objectified specifically for the heterosexual male audience. Scenes and specific camera angles are utilised to ensure the incorporation of the gaze elements. On the other hand, especially with advertisements, we can observe the female gaze as well in which male models are also portrayed with elements of objectification to maximise the reach of the heterosexual female audience.
Gaze: Mary Margaret Clouse
What is most interesting about the idea of gaze is that it essentially forces the media consumer to look at any given media through the lens chosen by the producer. As the keyword mentioned, this is most often a heterosexual male perspective. I noticed this subconsciously in things like advertising and movies from a very young age and I feel it has a greater impact on the mind than people often understand. This idea of an objectifying male gaze reminds me of a Margaret Atwood quote that perfectly sums up the female experience and impact of consuming media created using a male gaze: “You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman.” Being constantly subjected to the male gaze then manifests internally as a form of self-criticism. Women are trained to then “assess and reject” and “control” their own bodies as heterosexual men would according to the keyword text. This action serves almost to allow women to take on the role of empowered heterosexual men, as though they intend to objectify themselves before men have the chance to, which, as Margaret Atwood explains earlier in the same quote, is not the empowering experience women might think it is. “Even pretending you aren’t catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you’re unseen, pretending you have a life of your own.” Atwood explains how this male gaze carries outside of media to an ever-present, real life psychological experience for women.
Gaze – JT Windle
The most common definition of gaze is a type of long stare. When I first heard the word, that is what I immediately thought of. While the former definition may be part of the more specific media definition, the latter is a bit more intricate. The book defines gaze as “concerned with how gendered, raced, eroticized and controlled bodies become visible within media and other texts. A gaze is a type of lens that media can be viewed through based gender, sexuality, ethnicity, etc. In class a month or so ago, we discussed how the BTS video for “Butter” appealed to the female gaze in a variety of ways. This included sexualized dancing, clothing, and lyrics. Historically however, creators of media have tended to appeal to the male gaze when it comes to gender. One movie I have seen that does this is the Wolf of Wall Street. In this movie, women are sexualized and often portrayed to be “objects of conquest” for men. Additionally, the movie appeals to the fantasy that men successful should be rich and powerful. The movie promotes an image of men that many young people desire for their own lives without fully exploring the negative aspects of this lifestyle. In almost all media, gaze is an important factor for producers to consider when marketing their media to an audience.
Gaze-Benjamin Cudmore
Gaze is the lens media utilizes when portraying gender, eroticism, and controlled bodies, and how individuals consume these “visual representations.” A common example of gaze in media is the notorious “male gaze” and how it is utilized in the gaming community. The slight majority of male players tend to favor games with first-person shooters containing violence or gore and are widely produced for Console and PC players. Moreover, character designs heavily pander to the male gaze. Male characters are depicted as strong, but usually wear armor of some kind. In contrast, female characters are typically designed to wear less armor to highlight accentuated curves and match the beauty standards that appeal to men. In the popular video game series Halo, the two main characters (Master Chief and Cortana as seen below) embody the male gaze. The male character design is covered entirely in armor, while the female character has a skin tight jumpsuit. 
Gaze-Zoey Zeng
Gaze can usually explain in many ways. In the digital world, everyone is under others’ gaze or surveillance. It is related to gender, race, and eroticism. Like what John walker and Sarah Chaplin said in the book that “gazed upon can be pleasurable or painful” in their visual culture research (1997, 97).” Some people like the feeling when they attract attention from others. However, this also means that more and more people will pay attention to you to judge the things like photos or articles you post online. Nowadays, we usually say that females are under the male gaze. Men have a fixed standard of beauty for women like thin, tall, and white. Therefore, many girls whose mind is not mature and don’t have their own ideas will try to cater to the standard aesthetics of men. Many girls are afraid to post photos of their good figures online. They are afraid of being labeled as pornographic. Gaze can change a person a lot. It is terrible that people may unconsciously go to change themselves to adapt to the “observer”. We need to be clear about where is our values and beauty and don’t influence by others’ gaze.
Gaze – Lana Vjestica
The concept is how things are shown from a certain view. This shows what audience is is made to be directed towards. A way I like to view this is by looking at the female/male gaze. Often in TV shows or movies we see women/men are portrayed a certain way to appeal to a certain group of people. For example, when women are portrayed as people who watch sports and eat a lot of junk food, it’s usually to attract the male audience aka the male gaze. On the other hand, when men are seen as in touch with their emotions and very intelligent, it’s to attract the female audience aka the female gaze. Filmmaker, Greta Gerwig, is a is known for showing the female gaze in her films and it is why so many young adult women love her movies and relate to it in a way. She knows what her audience is and tries to create content based on what they enjoy.
Gwen Savidge: Surveillance
The keyword of surveillance means to be watched and observed. In today’s day in age people are being watched 24/7, through their networks, devices, and even through the internet. While some places make it simple with surveillance systems put in places like the RING doorbell that has a built-in camera, or just plain surveillance cameras in storefronts people cannot escape the media. This information that is being accumulated from the surveillance is digitized and stored for a later time.F For example, through reality TV shows like Love Island, Big Brother, and The Kardashians, these people are being tracked and surveilled at all times, not being able to say anything without it being recorded. In addition, in media apps such as Snapchat, they have surveillance of when you are on the app with Snapmaps and share this information with your friends. This tracks your time on the app and shares it as well as stores it.
Gaze- Chloe Whelan
As it is explained in the text, gaze is the term used to describe the way in which gendered, raced, eroticised, and other identities become visible through media. Gaze is the way that individuals view, identify with, construct, and categorise the identities of others through visual representation. One of the most prominent “gazes” embodied through the media is the male gaze. The male gaze, sees women (specifically the female body) as something for the heterosexual male. The male gaze is the way that women are depicted in the media from a heterosexual male perspective, representing women as sexual objects formal viewers. I think a great example of the male gaze is exemplified by female superheroes in marvel movies. Although they are just as strong and powerful as the men, their outfits are typically very sexualised. They usually wear skin tight suits, minimal ‘armour’, and always have a full face of makeup. Although we’ve normalised this, we can’t forget that these female characters are designed to appeal to the male gaze.
Gaze – Grace Brogan
When discussing the concept of gaze in media studies a certain Margaret Atwood quote comes to mind. The quote is from her book The Robber Bride and is thought provoking and perhaps in some ways self-aware. It reads as follows,
“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it’s all a male fantasy: that you’re strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren’t catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you’re unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.”
This quote speaks to the pervasive nature of, in this case, the heterosexual male gaze in which a woman must continually exist as an object of male desire. It also speaks to the concept of an internalized male gaze. In which a woman spends so much time surrounded by these narrow depictions of women wherein the woman always exists to some degree as an object of desire, that she begins to internalize it. The following blog post goes into greater detail on the concept as well as including a reference to the above quote. I recommend reading it to better understand the concept as it articulates it a bit better than I am able to.
https://theeverydaymagazine.co.uk/opinion/womens-greatest-performance-the-internalised-male-gaze