Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Free lecture by Danah Boyd

About 8 years ago I heard Danah Boyd speak at a conference in Melbourne and for me it was the turning point in my career. Today I have heard about the free public lecture she is giving in Melbourne on Thursday at RMIT and to hear an international speaker of this calibre and with her research I'd recommend it highly to ALL educators out there with an interest in I.T. and /or eLearning.


Privacy in networked places – a talk by danah boyd
There is a widespread myth that young people don’t care about privacy. Embedded in this myth is an assumption that participation in public social media like Facebook and Twitter indicates a rejection of privacy. Yet, just because people want to participate in public life doesn’t mean that they want everything they do to go down on their permanent record or to be publicized for the whole world to see. This talk will examine how young people understand privacy and the strategies they take to achieve privacy in networked publics.

Event details

Title:
Privacy in networked places – a talk by danah boyd
Date:
09 February, 2012
Time:
3:30pm – 5:30pm
Location:
Kaleide Theatre (RMIT Building 8, Level 2), 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Dr danah boyd is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. Her work examines everyday practices involving social media, with specific attention to youth engagement, privacy, and risky behaviors. She recently co-authored Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media. She co-directed the Youth and Media Policy Working Group, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. She blogs atwww.zephoria.org/thoughts and tweets at @zephoria.
Presented by the School of Media and Communication, the Digital Ethnography Research Centre and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industry and Innovation (CCI)
RSVP / further information: Angelo Tardio
Email: angelo.tardio@rmit.edu.au
Phone: 9925 2847





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