4/1: Psychological Effects of the Net and Web

Class

1. Report on Turkle

2. Watching and reflecting

a. Alter, “Why our screens make us less happy.” https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_alter_why_our_screens_make_us_less_happy

b. Harris, “How A Handful of Tech Companies Control Billions of Minds Every Day.” https://www.ted.com/talks/tristan_harris_the_manipulative_tricks_tech_companies_use_to_capture_your_attention?language=en

For next class
Read and take notes for Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Chapter 1