The concept of Panopticism, and a tyrannical society is used a lot in media content, for example George Orwelll's Nineteen Eighty-Four takes this idea very seriously and creates a world in which people are, or are under threat of, being constantly watched. Though published in 1949 the content is even more relatable in todays culture and therefore discussed at length and in different ways. The band Muse's album 'The Resistance', especially the song Resistance, is almost a soundtrack to the book and fixates on the idea of 'them', the 'fat cats' and us.
However there are perhaps less serious uses of this concept in media, for example the show 'Big Brother', though taken from Orwell, was used for entertainment and fun despite claiming to be a 'social experiment', obviously not taking the warnings the book demonstrates to heart.
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