The impact of hypersurveillance is that those who are under a watchful eye begin to participate in their own self-discipline. Nadine Naber (2006) coined the term internment of the psyche to describe how Arab Muslims she interviewed in San Francisco responded to the fear and anxiety of state surveillance immediately after 9/11. Some of her participants expressed deep paranoia, while others altered their actions and behaviors, like avoiding too much time in public spaces, in order to prevent their surveillance.

DEFINE: Defines the coined concept 'internment of the psyche' and illustrates it with concrete post-9/11 behavioral examples.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 151