Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore ways to navigate digital spaces while protecting our privacy and exerting agency over our identities and our data. New posts arrive each week from September through December, 2023.
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Digital Redlining
Have you ever felt unwanted in a neighborhood, but no one has actually said anything about you being there. But you always feel watched?
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Digital Division
Despite promises of a better future, today’s tech perpetuates racial division. We haven’t gotten rid of racism; we’ve just automated it.
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Data’s Traces of Bias Against Minorities
Introduction to The Display Of Bias With Minorities Our readings this week show the ways big data is able to display bias against minorities. The idea of bias towards minorities has been etched into the American culture since the start. Multiple ways the week showed the ways big data is able to display bias against…
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The System Is Rigid
How technology goes further beyond the idea of surveillance and privacy, but raises concern of racism that is embedded.
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Social Media And Professional Spaces
Social Media and Grad Students Being a grad student and learning how to create an identity and presence in your profession is a unique experience for each individual. Social Media and professional spaces are becoming intertwined as social spaces online allow for more communication. Students can find it hard to balance there personal persona and…
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Social Media & Prosumerism
Prosumer – a prospective consumer who is involved in the design, manufacture, or development of a product or service. Definition from Oxford Languages.
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Personal. Professional. Critical.
Social media promises us a personalized, “personal” experience. It’s great, in theory. But how does it do it? Why should we be critical of it?
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Don’t @ me
Social media platforms will always be bitter sweet. As a student, and scholar we are always looking to expand our connections.
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Let’s Keep Things Social
The importance of an online presence when it comes to privacy and data and what that means to consumers of the internet.
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Cookies or no Service
Tracking data through cookies is also within gaming and console digital spaces. Websites have tracking systems but few have opt-out options.