10/18: Algorithms, Data Mining, Profiling, and Rateocracy

Instructions on how to turn in Assignment 3: When you have completed the writing process, turn in

• Draft 1 
• Reader Feedback  (first draft)
• Draft 2
• Response Paper Checklist
• Any slips proving you have visited the Writing Center (B200) or SGA Tutoring

Class

1. Report on Andrews and Silverman

2. How bad is it? Check:

• This advertising from data-aggregator Acxiom: https://vimeo.com/166527182 and its accompanying handout: https://www.acxiom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BRO-AbiliTec_web.pdf

• "Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens"

3. Watch/Discuss: Zeynep Tufekci, “Machine intelligence makes human morals more important.” (TED Talk and transcript)

4. Complete the Exit Questions: https://goo.gl/forms/cgcyno5ErSrpvlWb2

For next class

• Read: Honan, Mat. “Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore" 
• Write: Journal 7 on Honan using the 7Ws

Ongoing:  Watch the documentary Terms and Conditions
http://laguardia.kanopystreaming.com/video/terms-and-conditions-may-apply-1

10/16: The Web and Privacy

Essential Question:  How has the current version of the World Wide Web changed our relationship with the establishment, particularly in terms of personal information?

Class

1. Report on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four. 

• See the definition of Panopticon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon 
• Watch Orwell's Warning from George Orwell: A Life in Pictures (BBC documentary): https://youtu.be/s6txpumkY5I?t=1h25m8s

2. Writing lesson: The Whys and Hows of Modern Language Association style. Here are some guides to help you:

• https://library.laguardia.edu/files/pdf/MLA8completedsample_printable.pdf
• https://library.laguardia.edu/files/pdf/MLA8highlightedindexedrev12122016.pdf

Check that Assignment 3 is properly formatted. The paper

• has a header, heading, and title
• the title of the paper and the title of the Works Cited page are centered
• the entries of the Works Cited page are formatted using hanging indent
• is in 12 size font 
• is double spaced
• has the first line of its paragraphs indented

4. Complete the Exit Questions: https://goo.gl/forms/cgcyno5ErSrpvlWb2

For next class
Read:

• Andrews, “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg”: Armani, Jaden,Yorheli, Cheyanne,Olga, Gabriel,  Yaneiry, Diamond, Lucia, Kyla, Majik
• Silverman, “The Reputation Racket”: Rafael,  Hans, Abigail, Kevin, Harry, Gabriella, Erik, Shella, Nanjin,  Mary, Shidedsi,Yang

Write: Journal 6 on Andrews, checking on vocabulary and using the 7Ws or on Silverman

Instructions on how to turn in Assignment 3: When you have completed the writing process, turn in

• Draft 1 
• Reader Feedback  (first draft)
• Draft 2
• Response Paper Checklist
• Any slips proving you have visited the Writing Center (B200) or SGA Tutoring