Privacy in the Digital Age

3 Credits

The possibility of privacy is challenged by the ubiquity of data collection. Increasingly we find ourselves living under surveillance without the means of separating our private from our public lives. In this course we will investigate how specific social structures are being altered or more deeply inscribed through specific uses of aggregate data. Students will learn how to use qualitative research methods from the social sciences to better understand the societal effects of data aggregation and the relationship between concepts of privacy and property.