Self-Surveillance Presentation Summary.

Throughout the course of the self-surveillance experiment, I came to several realizations. My body posture is affected by the amount and saturation of surveillance equipment within the vicinity that I am residing (this is not limited to surveillance cameras, but sensory sliding doors, security tag detectors, conspicuous alarm systems). I have a very poor sense of privacy in that I mind the presence of individuals more than surveillance equipment monitoring my movements. In an attempt to insulate myself as much as I could from mere online advertisements, I inadvertently went out of my way to teach myself counter measures to eliminate embedded advertisements from a majority of websites I visit on a daily basis. I seek out privacy, but more out of the internet than the real world. The act of being public is more of a nuisance because I must constantly remember to monitor my own life than depending on established systems to do it for me. In the sense of my private self the media played a significant role in making an unwelcome appearance when I would browse online; in terms of my life, various questions would well up within me seeking the purpose of an advertisement I may come across. In the sense of my public self, the media plays as a convenient system to track my own actions, movement, and behavior. I feel that the manner that I express myself is consistent throughout my day; distinguishing my public and private self is difficult for me.