Today we discussed how definitions of privacy are evolving in a digital environment. If you didn’t get a chance to read through to the end of the longer privacy readings, please review the following sections: The Future of Privacy: Other Resounding Themes and Big Data and Privacy: Current Situation and Outlook.

On Monday we’ll discuss a topic at the heart of information ethics: plagiarism. Please read the following 3 articles:

Widdicombe, The Plagiarist’s Tale

Martin, Senator’s Thesis Turns out to be Remix of others’ Works, Uncited

Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence, just the following sections: Contamination Anxiety, Undiscovered Public Knowledge, and the Key through to the end.

Your blogging assignment is one reading response blog post.

Bring your phones on Monday so we can do an in-class activity on plagiarism; I’ll set up tablets if you’d prefer to use that. It is not too early to begin thinking about your research paper topic; the topic draft & podcast assignment will be due on March 23. I’ll distribute guidelines next week. Questions? Get in touch!

~Prof. Leonard