Question About Connecting Mann's Article to the Public Sphere.

Making me think right now is making me quite upset Mr. Reed, but let me share my opinion on Mann and the public sphere. Mann suggests that there will be limited privacy in the near future. He starts off by giving a few examples of surveillance in Baltimore. Using these examples that are given at the beginning of the piece; it is clear that the public sphere will be widened more so in the future.

It is apparent that the use of totalitarian video surveillance does create the presence of a counter public sphere and would shift to the private sphere. If used efficiently and throughout our world then the big brother effect can occur. This is frightening to most and to stop this Mann works by doing and uses his web cam to show that the public can fight back.

An example of a counter public sphere is when celebrities fight back and do not allow media to take photos, video footage and etc. This act is showing that they want their own privacy and do not always want to be in the spotlight.

Another example: Barry Bonds.