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This is our third and final week and here's the slides we used.
Reading This Week
Algorithms of Oppression
Ch 4. Searching for Protection from Search Engines p. 119 - 133
Ch 5. The Future of Knowledge in the Public p. 134 - 152
Ch 6. The Future of Information Culture p. 153 - 171
Conclusion: Algorithms of Oppression p. 171 - 182
Epilogue p. 183 - 185
CFP Accountability and Evaluation of AI Algorithms
Introduced by Senators Wyden and Booker Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019.
Here's the press release from Senator Booker's office.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
Our Digital Bodies: Reclaiming our Data
https://www.odbproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ODB.InterimReport.FINAL_.7.16.2018.pdf
Our Digital Bodies: Digital Defense Playbook: Community Power Tools for Reclaiming Power
https://www.odbproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ODB_DDP_HighRes_Spreads.pdf
Discussion
For this week, consider doing a slow tweetchat asking these questions
Q1. What options would you like when it comes to making your digital self more or less visible to data harvesting operations?
Q2. After reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, what articles do you think apply to your digital data?
Q3. What was your favorite Digital Defense play from the Digital Defense Playbook?
Q4. For you, what was the biggest takeaway from this book club?
Optional Viewing
Take a look at The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff. Here's her presentation at The Intercept on March 1, 2019.
Optional Reading:
Surveillance Capitalism
Chapter 7: The reality business p. 199 - 232
Chapter 10: Make them dance p. 293-328
Chapter 17: The right to sanctuary p. 475-492
Academic Articles (for the truly motivated)
Daniels, J., Nkonde, M, & Darakhshan, M. (2019). Advancing racial literacy in tech.
Leetaur, K. (2019). GDPR's massive 'research' exemption: Facebook and Social Science One. Forbes. May 23, 2019. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/05/23/gdprs-massive-research-exemption-facebook-and-social-science-one/#72180dce3568
Williamson, B., Potter, J. & Eynon, R. (2019). New research problems and agendas in learning, media and technology: The editors' wishlist. Learning, Media and Technology, 44:2, 87-91, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2019.1614953
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