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The study of the complex, interconnected mechanisms through which societies regulate behavior—the institutions, [technologies], and practices that together constitute systems of control. These systems include formal elements (laws, police, courts), informal elements (norms, gossip, shame), and increasingly, algorithmic elements (social media feeds, credit scores, surveillance cameras). The [psychology of social control] systems examines how these elements interact, how they're perceived by those subject to them, and how they shape not just behavior but identity, desire, and [possibility]. It's the psychology of being governed, whether by states, corporations, or algorithms.
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