Title
Session 10 - Risk education: Teaching (and learning) about technology and uncertainty in society
Location
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Stan Fulton Building
Start Date
2-6-2007 11:10 AM
End Date
2-6-2007 11:20 AM
Description
Recently heightened concerns about governmental and corporate surveillance, coupled with long-term social and psychological research on privacy, present both an opportunity and a challenge for discussions about risks and risk assessments related to national security and civil liberties, as well as discussions about the social implications of technology in general. These issues include ethics, assessing uncertainty, balancing risks, and negotiating multidisciplinary expertise. This paper contextualizes the planning, implementing, and responses to several iterations of the Honors course “Who’s watching? Media, privacy, and surveillance,” within the larger topic of pedagogical practices appropriate for examining important, but controversial, topics related to technology and society.
Keywords
College courses; Civil liberties; Civil rights; Education; Higher; Liberty; National security; Privacy; Privacy; Right of; Risk assessment -- Study and teaching (Higher); Surveillance technologies; Surveillance -- Technology
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Curriculum and Instruction | Defense and Security Studies
Language
English
Included in
Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Defense and Security Studies Commons
Session 10 - Risk education: Teaching (and learning) about technology and uncertainty in society
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Stan Fulton Building
Recently heightened concerns about governmental and corporate surveillance, coupled with long-term social and psychological research on privacy, present both an opportunity and a challenge for discussions about risks and risk assessments related to national security and civil liberties, as well as discussions about the social implications of technology in general. These issues include ethics, assessing uncertainty, balancing risks, and negotiating multidisciplinary expertise. This paper contextualizes the planning, implementing, and responses to several iterations of the Honors course “Who’s watching? Media, privacy, and surveillance,” within the larger topic of pedagogical practices appropriate for examining important, but controversial, topics related to technology and society.
Comments
4 pages
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2007.4362221