Social Media Privacy Lecture

Here is my podcast for the Facebook and privacy discussion. One thing I'd like to highlight is the distinction between different kinds of privacy. When we talk about that term we often slip between notions of "social privacy" (the right to keep friends from knowing our business) and "institutional privacy" (the right to keep businesses from knowing our business. It's also worth thinking about the NSA scandal and the issue of government organizations knowing private personal information.

As you review these readings, consider some of the more recent controversies and how they might be changing how we think about the issue of privacy. Here is the lecture: