The two documentaries make me as unsure as ever of which direction to head in for my Digital Research paper (but also offer so much insight to the topics I am interested in exploring). We can see, from both, that the government is actively involved in our daily lives.
Originally, I looked forward to the possibility of exploring our rights as users on platforms. This idea was geared much towards the “What can (are we allowed to) be said/done?” “Up until what point?” “How are what “they” doing and saying going to affect me?” However, after having watched Citizenfour, I think it expanded my horizons. While I had already planned to work around the laws, rules, and regulations regarding the internet – I had not thought about the acts that may come up in the process and how they can have real-life examples that are so “familiar”. I also, before watching the documentaries, lacked an idea of how to introduce and connect these regulations.
From Snowden’s story, I got to see how the government is demanding control, and there is undoubtedly more to just this. It is totally easy to go about with our days and say, “who cares about privacy?” Like yes, I know someone is watching – but it’s not like “they” are interrupting my day-to-day life. Actually, “they” are! And, I may want to explore this “how”!
March 16, 2022 at 12:33 pm
Jessie,
I really love the topics and questions you raised! I definitely can agree that the information from the documentaries gives so much useful information that it can feel overwhelming and make you more unsure of which direction to take your research paper in. I really love this idea you raise at the end of focusing on “how” the government is interrupting day-to-day life through this breach of privacy. I definitely think you could have a lot to write on this topic.
March 16, 2022 at 12:35 pm
I completely agree as to what you have said in your blog post! Most people go on with their day-to-day lives with little to no concern as to what is happening in the digital world. I mean after all the companies have designed their interface to be this way, so people don’t care about what’s happening in the background. I believe that the researching laws and regulations is a good place to start, but you should definitely research how coding places a role into all of this, because in order to understand what is currently happening now one must know how it came to be!