“I’m okay with Facebook behaving like a company, but I think we need to treat it like a company and not treat it like some benign public utility.”

(Sherry Turkle, Terms and Conditions May Apply, 16:51-17:00)

Watch the documentary “Terms and Conditions May Apply.”

1. What is the relation between the economic systems and the system of government control that we see in the documentary? How is power distributed within this society? What are the implications of that distribution on issues affecting the people’s well-being and freedom?
2. What are the three (3) facts, stories, or scenes from the documentary that are surprising/shocking to you? What do they reveal?
3. Your blogpost is due on Thursday April 20. Please label your post under “digital economies.”

Hope you’re enjoying your spring break! 🙂