Wikipedia Reflection

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4/10: Algorithms, Data Mining, Profiling, and Rateocracy

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,  “We're Building a Dystopia Just to Make People Click on Ads” (TED Talk and transcript) https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_we_re_building_a_dystopia_just_to_make_people_click_on_ads?language=en

4. Midterm Review, or How Well Am I Doing in this Class?

For next class

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

If that link does not work, here is the YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIiLoT4Po-c

• Browse: “The NSA Files.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/the-nsa-files

4/8: Presenting to an audience

Class

Today our class will present at the Latinx Symposium from 1:20 to 2:pm. We will leave a bit before 1pm for E-242 so we have less than one hour to complete our work.

1.  Get into your Wikipedia team. One person take notes. Read the section or article your team worked on, and discuss how it's changed, whether the change is for the better, and what work could still be done on it (if anything). (10 minutes)

• Jackson Heights before we worked on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jackson_Heights,_Queens&oldid=888090102
• Jackson Heights as it is today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Heights,_Queens
• Queens Pride Parade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens_Pride_Parade

2. Switch your work with another team. Read their section and give them some feedback. (5 minutes)

3. One of the Wikipedians who worked along us in the Jackson Heights article is Epigenius. He was featured in the New York Times. Read a bit about him, and choose one person in the team to send him some WikiLove (5-7 minutes):   https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/nyregion/if-you-see-something-write-something.html

4. Now fill out this reflection (15-20 minutes): https://forms.gle/yWyUveTio1jshU8N9

5. Choose a representative from your team to present to the Symposium. During the Symposium expect to be asked to stand up and be recognized.

For next class
Read and take notes of

• Andrews, “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg”
• Silverman, “The Reputation Racket”