Data Project Resources
Most of these sources are not academic sources, but they may be used in your project. You may also use a reliable source using the UNE library databases. Bring additional printed, annotated sources to class for review.
Base Sources About Privacy and Data
- Big Idea Behind Big Data by Adam Frank (2017) article
- CQ Researcher report “Privacy and the Internet” by Ellen Kennerly (2018) via the UNE databases (@20 pages)
- Fresh Air podcast “How Tech Companies Track Your Every Move and Put Your Data Up for Sale” (2019)
- TED Talk Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu (2018) “What Your Smart Devices Know (and Share) About You”
- TED Talk Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad (2018) “How Tech Companies Deceive You into Giving Up Your Data”
- Marketplace Tech episode “The Big Business of China’s Surveillance Tech” (2019) https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/the-big-business-of-chinas-surveillance-tech/ and Marketplace Tech episode “Tech Highlights its Helpful Side…” (2019)
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/05/03/tech-highlights-its-helpful-side-at-ces-on-the-hill/ - “Curly Fry Conundrum” TED Talk Jennifer Goldbeck (2013) https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_golbeck_the_curly_fry_conundrum_why_social_media_likes_say_more_than_you_might_think
Other Sources About Privacy and Data
- All Tech Considered from National Public Radio: short audio news casts with accompanying text
- Collection: Privacy & Security of Data
- TED Talk Alessandro Acquisti’s (2013) “Future without Secrets”
- TED Talk Glenn Greenwald’s (2014) “Why Privacy Matters”
- “Spy on Me, I’d Rather Be Safe” Intelligence Squared US debate, (2013)
Sources Related to Social Media Data
- Russian 2016 Influence Campaign Targeted African Americans on Social Media article (December 2018)
- Washington Post “Red Feed, Blue Feed” site
- National Public Radio programming, mainly “All Tech Considered” (short audio news casts and text version)
- Facebook to Pay 5 Billion to Settle Privacy Case
- School Safety Becomes School Surveillance
- Facebook Moves to Decide What Is Real News
- 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
Sources About Uses of Data
- RadioLab’s Future of Fake News podcast
- Equifax Data Breach $700 Million Settlement (2019)
- Storing Health Records on Your Phone (2019)
- Youtube Under Fire for Collecting Data on Young Children (2019)
- Google Searches for Ways to Use AI to Use in Health Care (2019)
- Cloudflare Promises to Keep Users’ Data from ISPs (2018)
- National Public Radio (short) podcast “When Scientists Develop Products From Personal Medical Data, Who Gets To Profit?”
- TED Talk by Pratik Shah (2017) “How AI is Making it Easier to Diagnose Disease”
- 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
- TED Talk Aaron Koblin, artist and programmer http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_koblin
- TED Talk 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
- 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
