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Fall 2008 Seminar: The Consumer Data RevolutionCatalog Number: 290A-3 (1 unit course), Control Number: 42598, Section Number: 3 CONTENT: Free communication has changed the world, including the expectations and work and play. The class discusses the two data revolutions--the first about passively collected clicks on the web, the second about actively contributed data, as platforms like Facebook empower individuals to contribute a variety of quantitative and qualitative data (transactions, social relations, attention gestures, intention, location, and more.) With active student participation, we explore the far-reaching implications of this social data revolution for individuals, communities, business, and society. COURSE WIKI: http://ischool2008.wikispaces.com
Distinguished Lecture, September 10, 2008:co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley School of Information, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), and the UC Services Science, Management, and Engineering ProgramDigital Exhibitionism: The Future of Relationships?Wednesday September 10, 4:00 - 5:30pm The dramatic changes in production, distribution, aggregation, interpretation and consumption of data have triggered the consumer data revolution. Traditionally, paid specialists actively collected data for a specific purpose. Now, individuals stream their attention, intention, location, etc., and explicitly share highly sensitive data, including their DNA and financial information. This lecture discusses the new data sources and gives guidelines for deriving concrete actions from these data. It also presents a framework that goes beyond traditional decision theory by considering both measures of centrality (benefits and costs) and extreme outcomes (positive and negative).
mp3 of this lecture. You might also be interested in the mp3 of the conversation on Digital Exhibitionism with Esther Dyson, Shoshana Zuboff and Andreas Weigend (July 22 2008, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, Half Moon Bay, CA)
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