Isike, C.
Foucault’s Panopticon as a Theoretical Frame for Understanding the Big Brother Reality Show in Christopher Isike, Olusola Ogunnubi, Ogochukwu Ukwueze (Eds). Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria: A Critique of the Country’s Cultural and Economic Diplomacy, pp. 17-30. Palgrave Macmillan (2023)
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8110-4_2
Abstract
The idea of the Panopticon concept presents a useful theoretical framework to understand the Big Brother Reality show generally and the Big Brother Naija (BBN) is not precluded. From its physical architectural form as a surveillance structure to its metaphoric and Foucauldian conception as norms, laws and policies which regulate behavior and compliance including its contemporary meaning in a digital world, the Panopticon concept sheds light into the BBN show. This chapter therefore deploys it to make sense of the reception and criticism of the show by Nigerians in ways that can help understand and measure the socio-political, cultural, and economic value of BBN against the intrusive gaze of the Big Brother panopticon. In this way, the chapter presents a good theoretical anchor of the arguments presented in the chapters of this book. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023.
Author Keywords
Bentham; Big Brother Naija; Big Brother Reality Show; Foucault; Panopticon
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