open secrets | introduction

i am now currently doing a final year project on "peep culture" or commonly known as voyeurism. but i don't wish to use that term because in clinical psychology it has a sexual connotation to it. hence, a peep culture is formed. this term originates from an author named Hal Niedzviecki who wrote the book "the peep diaries". he too has a blog that addresses the topic. 

here's the url: http://thepeepdiaries.com/home/Hal/

anyway, so what exactly is peep culture?

we have entered the age of "peep culture": a tell-all, show-all, know-all digital phenomenon that is dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. peep culture is reality TV, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, over-the-counter spy gear, blogs, chat rooms, amateur porn, surveillance technology, and more. core values and rights we once took for granted are rapidly being renegotiated, often without our even noticing.

hence, my research will focus on this phenomenon and probably at the same time to discover my social connections and relations that affects me directly or indirectly on the web.