Panopticism: How Social Media Is Used To Determine Ones Athletic Future
Over ninety percent of the United States population uses various types of social media for communication purposes; athletes, coaches, and recruiters are amongst this ninety percent. In this era, college coaches manipulated modern day technology to examine their potential athletic prospects. The use of social media observation by college coaches and their staff is critical when establishing if a prospect is the “right fit” for their sports team. Nonetheless, this type of imposition is believed to be panopticism. In this essay, it is evident that there are two different perspectives scrutinizing the effects of surveillance and one’s athletic outcome. The viewpoints of those such as the coaches, and the abiding sportspersons who believe that the positives outweigh the negatives; and the views of the rebellious competitor who deem that surveying social media is an invasion of privacy. In conclusion, it was determined that surveying social media sites of the candidates are a valuable resource that should be utilized by both
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For coaches, social media sites are a way to assemble information, contact, and evaluate a prospects character and weed the troublesome entrants from the worthwhile. Social media sites provide coaches with an insight into who the recruit really is and whether or not they may be compatible with that particular school’s athletic program. Additionally, by viewing an aspirant’s social media page, coaches gain knowledge of who else is tracking their candidate by whom they follow and friend. Lastly, social media personal pages bequeath coaches advantageous information on how to best serenade top