This week was the week of our presentation, my group presented on the topic of Dataveillance and consumer discipline. I found this topic very interesting and enjoyed researching it. I had previously done this topic the last time i did this module, however along with a new group we found out a lot of new things that I hadn’t even considered the last time round. One of the largest of these things being the idea of surveillance and data gathering from before even birth as hospitals keep scans that are done of the baby before birth, so even before you have conscious thought you are being surveilled to some degree.
Another thing we covered was that of the recent allegations directed towards Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook to do with them giving information to Cambridge Analytica which was then used to influence ad distribution for the election campaigns in America. I also personally briefly covered the issues with Standing Rock from last year that was covered in LM111 and LM113. However the more current events took precedence in my research as it was so recent some people had not even heard about it, making it a very interesting topic to cover in the presentation.
I also thought that my group this year as opposed to mine last time was a lot better, everyone put in a lot of work and there wasn’t anyone putting in more effort than others so it worked a lot better.
I think the fact that this weeks topic was so interesting made it possible to digest very easily as well, I usually find the more dry the subject matter and the more wordy it all is the longer it takes for me to get my head around. This weeks topics was one of the most interesting and easy to understand throughout the whole first year in my opinion.