Most of these sources are not academic sources, but they may be cited in your essay. You will also identify at least one academic source using the UNE library databases.
- Text Sources
- “The Age of Big Data” Steve Lohr (NY Times 2012) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/sunday-review/big-datas-impact-in-the-world.html (required overview)
- “Congress Overturns Internet Privacy Regulation” Brian Naylor (National Public Radio, March 2017) (required overview)
https://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521831393/congress-overturns-internet-privacy-regulation - “Data Are Giving Rise to a New Economy” Briefing (The Economist, May 2017)
https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21721634-how-it-shaping-up-data-giving-rise-new-economy (general info) - “Medical Big Data: Promise and Challenges” (Kidney Research and Clinical Practice 2017) (link through National Center for Biotechnology Information) (medical)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331970/ - “How Big Data is Changing Health Care” Bernard Marr (Forbes April 2015) (medical)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2015/04/21/how-big-data-is-changing-healthcare/2/#50674fb7140c - “They’re Watching You at Work” Don Peck (The Atlantic Dec. 2013) (employment)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/12/theyre-watching-you-at-work/354681/ - “When Big Data Meets the Blackboard” Andrew Giambrone (The Atlantic June. 2015) (K-12 education)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/06/big-data-student-privacy/396452/ - “Mark Zuckerberg Gives Facebook a New Mission” Kathleen Chaykowski (June 2017) (social media and privacy)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2017/06/22/mark-zuckerberg-gives-facebook-a-new-mission/#5b2e0c421343 - “The Colleges are Watching” Mikhail Zinshteyn (The Atlantic Nov. 2016) (college admissions)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/11/the-colleges-are-watching/506129/
Audio/Visual Sources
- Intelligence Squared US debate 2017 “Debating the Constitution: Technology and Privacy”
https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/debating-constitution-technology-and-privacy (privacy of cell phones) - TED Talk Alessandro Acquisti’s “Future without Secrets” http://www.ted.com/talks/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters
- TED Talk Glenn Greenwald’s “Why Privacy Matters” http://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters
- Washington Post “Red Feed, Blue Feed” site: http://graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed/(social media and politics)
- TED Talk Kenneth Cukier of The Economist “Big Data is Better Data” https://www.ted.com/talks/kenneth_cukier_big_data_is_better_data?language=en
- TED Talk R. Luke DuBois, (art and engineering)
https://www.ted.com/talks/r_luke_dubois_insightful_human_portraits_made_from_data - Aaron Koblin, (art) http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_koblin
- Anne Milgram, professor at NYU School of Law (criminal justice) http://www.ted.com/talks/anne_milgram_why_smart_statistics_are_the_key_to_fighting_crime
- Deb Roy, researcher at MIT Media Lab (speech and development)
http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word - Christopher Soghoian, researcher at the American Civil Liberties Union, (equality issues) http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_soghoian_your_smartphone_is_a_civil_rights_issue/transcript?language=en
- Sebastian Wernicke, data scientist (entertainment)
http://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_wernicke_how_to_use_data_to_make_a_hit_tv_show - NPR All Tech Considered podcast sampling fake news and Facebook (3 short news updates) (social media and privacy): 1.https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/02/19/516094134/facebook-wants-great-power-but-what-about-responsibility
2.https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/09/26/553827241/facebook-faces-increasing-scrutiny-over-election-related-russian-ads
3.https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/10/31/560667628/mark-zuckerbergs-big-blind-spot-and-the-conflict-within-facebook
