Article:

Autumn Chapman:

“We all seem worried about privacy. Though it’s not only privacy itself we should be concerned about: it’s also our attitudes towards privacy that are important.”

Jake Doyle: 

“no matter how much awareness users have regarding their social media surveillance, invariably people will continue using these platforms”

Mckenzie Evans:

“Around half of Americans polled in 2013 found mass surveillance acceptable.”

Violet Singer:

“feel they hold no power to navigate or negotiate fair use of digital technologies.”

Brooke Sossong:
“Surveillance apathy can be linked to people’s dependence on ‘the system.’ … no matter how much awareness users have regarding their social media surveillance, invariably people will continue using these platforms”

Daniel Khat: 

Bullet points from discussion:
  • People feel so much smaller than the internet, the internet is too big there. is too much to feel that you can make a difference.
  • People stay on the internet for the numbers of people on the internet “everyone else is doing it so I should keep doing it”.
  • Everyone falls for advertising.
  • We are used to the internet knowing too much about us now.