Digital Privacy

Privacy is increasingly important in a digital environment, not just because of the risk of what we consciously put online, but because of the digital traces of ourselves we leave without even knowing it.

Goals

  • Understand digital privacy and how to be proactive in protecting yours.

Suggested Readings

Suggested Tasks

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Networks

As per Introduction to Digital Humanities – Networks: The concept of a network has become ubiquitous in current culture. Almost any connection to anything else can be called a network, but …

Image Visualization

Why does Image Visualization Matter? This topic may seem redundant since images and movies are already visual, but what we’re talking about is analyzing images in a way or at …

Mapping

From UPenn Libraries: By mapping real and imagined places, scholars can better argue and represent the significance of space and place in human experience and social structures. But, maps themselves carry …

Text Analysis

Why Software-Driven Text Analysis Matters Computers can’t think, at least not yet, but they assist human thinking every day whether we use our phone’s calculator or answer a random question …

Interactive Fiction

“Will you read me a story?” “Read you a story? What fun would that be? I’ve got a better idea: let’s tell a story together.” — Adam Cadre, “Photopia” Interactive Fiction …

Adaptation, Remixes, and Mashups

Adaptations, remixes, and mashups are related in that they take existing materials and repurpose them. But technology and digital culture has opened up new and creative avenues to explore and …

Working for the Web

We use our phones and our devices for social media purposes, but do we ever think about the work that goes into producing our hardware, coding our software, or supporting …

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is one of the largest and most heavily-trafficked websites in the world, and its structure and collaborative model make the world’s knowledge available to anyone. It’s been blamed for …

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