Intersection of Technology and Privacy Concerns
The work for this lesson is required to be 2000-3000-words and clearly demonstrate your understanding of the prompt. Works should be 5 or more paragraphs with a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format. You must include one source from the lesson materials and one scholarly source from Cline Library’s extensive online holdings. Blog posts and websites without authors are not permitted for this work. (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/). Once completed, submit your work to the Work Dropbox. You may select from one of the following prompts:
- Discuss the intersection of technology and privacy concerns. Have technological innovations outpaced privacy protections? For instance, you could address privacy relative to a specific social media outlet or cluster of media outlets, data privacy, digital assistants and microphone security, the proliferation of drones, search engines and tracking, etc. Your work should have a clear thesis statement, i.e., a debatable position for which you must offer support, and the body of your work should consist of a compelling argument and evidence supporting your claims.
- How does social media shape personal identity? In what sense might its role in identity development be considered problematic, and are there senses in which it might be liberating or promote personal growth? Your work should have a clear thesis statement, i.e., a debatable position for which you must offer support, and the body of your work should consist of a compelling argument and evidence supporting your claims.
- How have emerging communication technologies (e.g., smart phones and their texting and video chat features) influenced the way we relate to one another? In what ways do they foster improved human connection and in what ways do they isolate? Your work should have a clear thesis statement, i.e., a debatable position for which you must offer support, and the body of your work should consist of a compelling argument and evidence supporting your claims.
- Discuss an element of an emerging technology relative to globalization (e.g., how does China’s social credit system, censorship of search engines, or widespread use of facial recognition technology, etc.) influence the way privacy is understood or influence norms globally? What ethical dilemmas are afoot relative to the technology you have selected? Do cultural conflicts emerge? Your work should have a clear thesis statement, i.e., a debatable position for which you must offer support, and the body of your work should consist of a compelling argument and evidence supporting your claims.
Assignment Summary
- For this assignment, you will use a graphic organizer to monitor and analyze multiple global news outlets across a period of time. Once you have completed your organizer, you will answer key questions about the media’s coverage of a story and how this coverage changed and developed over time.
Background Information
- In today’s world, global media outlets such as websites, newsworks, and magazines give their readers up-to-the-minute coverage of breaking news and events from across the globe.
- In the 24-hour news cycle, stories are constantly unfolding with the addition of new information and perspectives. As situations develop, reporters work to keep their audience informed, and readers synthesize new information with what they already know about a news event.