Eavesdropping

Eavesdropping: an intimate history

by Locke, John L.

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Eavesdropping is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen. It encompasses cheating to get unfair advantage, espionage to uncover secrets, and supervision to maintain power. John Locke considers the biological drive behind this behaviour as well as its social implications and consequences.

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  • Full title :Eavesdropping : an intimate history / John L. Locke.

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Eavesdropping is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen. It encompasses cheating to get unfair advantage, espionage to uncover secrets, and supervision to maintain power. John Locke considers the biological drive behind this behaviour as well as its social implications and consequences.

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  • Publication Date:2010.

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  • Description:1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191576195, 0191576190
  • oclc:ocn655291822
  • LC Classification:P40.5
  • Dewey Decimal:306.44

Table of Contents

Passionate spectators -- Under the leaves -- Open-plan living -- Reluctant domestication -- Privacy, intimacy, and the selves -- Personal power and social control -- Passionate exhibitors -- What will the servants say? -- Virtual eaves -- Intimacy by theft.

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Communication -- Aspect psychologique Communication -- Psychological aspects Eavesdropping Eavesdropping -- -History Eavesdropping -- -Psychological aspects History LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… sociolinguistics Sociolinguistique

Writers

Locke, John L.

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