"Writing in an Age of Surveillance, Privacy, and Net Neutrality:" Beck et. al in Kairos 20.2
Kairos, a multimodal and open-source journal that features articles about the intersections between rhetoric and technology, recently published its 20th anniversary edition with several collaborations between major scholars in rhetoric and composition. One of these collaboratively-composed articles, “Writing in Age of Surveillance, Privacy, and Net Neutrality” features a collection of pieces about writing teachers’ responsibilities for teaching surveillance and privacy in their classroom curricula (Estee Beck), the implications of storing data in writing programs (Angela Crow), the ways in which political concerns over net neutrality impact classroom practice (Heidi McKee), the options for giving students alternatives to search engine tools for keeping their personal data safe (Colleen Reilly), and the surveillance tactics used in online games (Stephanie Vie and Jennifer DeWinter). This collection, inspired by a panel at a 2015 Computers and Writing conference, seems especially important in a political moment when the conversation about cybersecurity and online data seems increasingly uncertain. Excerpts of these articles may be useful readings for a PWR 1 or 2 class on data and technology, but these articles primarily provide an opportunity for instructors to reflect on digital data, a topic that impacts everyone who composes or shares information online. You can read the full article on Kairos' website.
