Most of these sources are not academic sources, but they may be used in your essay. You will also identify at least one academic source using the UNE library databases.
Sources About Privacy and Big Data
- CQ Researcher report “Privacy and the Internet” by Ellen Kennerly (2018) via the UNE databases
- CQ Researcher report “Big Data and Privacy” by Tom Price (2013) via the UNE databases
- TED Talk Alessandro Acquisti’s “Future without Secrets” http://www.ted.com/talks/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters
- TED Talk Glenn Greenwald’s “Why Privacy Matters” http://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters
- “Spy on Me, I’d Rather Be Safe” Intelligence Squared US debate, Nov. 2013
Sources About Uses of Big Data
- Washington Post “Red Feed, Blue Feed” site: http://graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed/
- TED Talk Kenneth Cukier of The Economist “Big Data is Better Data” https://www.ted.com/talks/kenneth_cukier_big_data_is_better_data?language=en
- TED Talk R. Luke DuBois, artist and engineer https://www.ted.com/talks/r_luke_dubois_insightful_human_portraits_made_from_data
- Aaron Koblin, artist and programmer http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_koblin
- Anne Milgram, professor at NYU School of Law, describes the use of smart data to improve the criminal justice system http://www.ted.com/talks/anne_milgram_why_smart_statistics_are_the_key_to_fighting_crime
- Deb Roy, researcher at MIT Media Lab, explains his research to use big data to capture “the blossoming of speech” http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word
- Christopher Soghoian, researcher at the American Civil Liberties Union, gives an overview of the differences between cell phone companies’ default privacy designs and inequality this can create for different socioeconomic groups http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_soghoian_your_smartphone_is_a_civil_rights_issue/transcript?language=en
- Sebastian Wernicke, data scientist, explains the way big data is used to develop tv shows http://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_wernicke_how_to_use_data_to_make_a_hit_tv_show
Current Events
National Public Radio programming, mainly “All Tech Considered” segments (short audio news casts in response to this month’s news that the Facebook data of 50 million users was given to Cambridge Analytics, a data analytics company, in 2014).
Can You Believe It? On Twitter, False Stories are Shared More Widely Than True Ones
Is it Even Possible to Protect your Privacy on Facebook?
Section 230: A Key Legal Shield for Facebook and Google is About to Change
Cow Clicker Developer: Facebook’s Response to Complaints is Too Late
How Does Cambridge Analytica Flap Compare with Obama’s Campaign Tactics?
In Apology: Zuckerberg Promises to Protect Facebook Community
Facebook Moves to Decide What Is Real News
Cloudflare Promises to Keep Users’ Data from ISPs (4/4/18)
Paris Lawyer Who Gives Google Nightmares (4/9/18)
Views of Tech Turn Negative, Remorse in Silicon Valley (4/9/18)
Americans Feel They Have Lost Control of Personal Data (4/10/18)
2016 Election and Fake News (4/11/18)
Zuckerberg’s Testimony on Capitol Hill (4/11/18)
Interesting use of technology (not big data): RadioLab’s Future of Fake News
