Societies Online: Privacy & Power (with Alice E. Marwick)

August 03, 2020 • 00:46:09
Societies Online: Privacy & Power (with Alice E. Marwick)
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Societies Online: Privacy & Power (with Alice E. Marwick)

Aug 03 2020 | 00:46:09

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Show Notes

In this two-part inquiry into what the internet is doing to societies, two leading scholars who study online media take a critical look at both the affordances and dangers of large platforms like Facebook, Google, and Reddit. In this episode, Alice Marwick breaks down what actually happens when companies collect and sell the data that [...]

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