hi there this is a communications class on Big Data and Society specifically COMS 2200. this is a discussion activity that you will answer based on the instructions below.
– Want to know more about who is involved in data-driven campaigning? Tactical Tech maintains a list of companies that harvest and work with personal data to support political clients. Have a look at their list: https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/wh…
– An interesting news story from 2017 that exposes some of the ways that politicians use bots on social media to influence voter perspectives. It includes an early example of machine learning for political satire:
Activity:
Tactical Tech is a Berlin-based NGO that researches how personal data is used by various actors to achieve political influence. They have created a Data Detox Kit that teaches people how to take control of their digital data. https://datadetoxkit.org/en/home/
Read through the steps of the digital detox kit. Which of these steps do you already do? Which don’t you do? Based on what you learned this week, will you change how you use social media or do more to control your data traces? Why or why not?