Big Tech and the Crisis of Surveillance Capitalism | Cory Doctorow – Medium in Conversation
1,809 views Mar 9, 2021 Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. His latest book is Attack Surface, a standalone adult sequel to Little Brother. He is also the author How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, a nonfiction book from Medium about conspiracies and monopolies. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science, and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group.
3:30 – 23:00
How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism
Moving on:
Propaganda, Fake news – Misinformation and Disinformation
Mind Over Media by Rennee Hobbs
Propaganda is responsive to changes in culture, technology, and society ch1
Group work:
Using some of the formula discussed in Hobbs create a campaign to present to the class. I will give each group a theme to consider.
Disinfo Discussions: The Fundamentals with danah boyd
A Better Web is Possible: How Do We Make it Happen? Katherine Maher, Divya Siddarth, Tazin Khan Norelius, Douglas Rushkoff
With the advent of Web 3.0, we face a transformational opportunity. How do we build this evolution of the web with a citizen movement at the center? From awareness to behavior change, from user experience to adoption, from incentives to values, how do we bring people along in the journey?
Homework:
Please read and be prepared to discuss: Here is the original proof of concept Bitcoin white paper by Satoshi Nakamoto: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Continue researching your midterm projects. Organize your thoughts and write a draft in which you compile the sections of your research. This will end up being the content for your media presentations.
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