Big Data and Society 2017 - COMS2200

How big data and small data shape society. Databases as a form of media. Topics may include: data policy and regulation, the politics and ethics of big data, data and decision-making, and data as discourse. Course presentations include: Week 1 - Introduction Week 2 - Crowdsourcing & Digital Humanitarianism Week 3 - The Quantified You Week 4 - Counting You Week 5 - Sorting You Week 6 - Moving, Locating and Sensing You Week 7 - Identifying You Week 8 - Watching You Week 9 - Big Data You Week 10 - Remembering You Week 11 - Assembling You Week 12 - Review