New Communication Technologies-Dan O’Reilley

In one of the articles I used for my paper, there was a section called, “Weapons of Math Destruction”. “Weapons of Math Destruction” is the name of a book from 2016 by Cathy O’Neil that talks about biases in “the sciences behind micro-targeting”. The book talks about the overreliance on data analysis. The reason I…

Mark Turnbull was also one of the more important people at Cambridge Analytica, along with Alex Taylor. He was shown in one of the undercover interviews with Alex Taylor talking more about what the company does. What interested me about what he said was how many countries they had had an influence on regarding elections.

The video talked about Alex Taylor, who was the chief data office of Cambridge Analytica. The video showed an undercover interview with him. I was surprised to learn that he was one of the most important figures of the company at the time.

Alexander Nix used to be the CEO of Cambridge Analytica. The video showed him speaking to many people at an event regarding online marketing. He was hired by the Trump campaign. While he was speaking in the video, he mentioned how data was used as a way to target people who might be persuaded to…

Christopher Wylie was a former employee of Cambridge Analytica who later talked about his role in the company and how he felt what they were doing was wrong. The more he talked about the company as well as Alexander Nix, the more I learned about how influential this company had been.

The video that we watched was about Cambridge Analytica. I was not aware of what Cambridge Analytica was before watching the video, and while I was watching the video, I was surprised that I was unaware of it since it had influenced some important events in America. I read more about the scandal involving Cambridge…

In my last post, I mentioned how I do not think Facebook will be that relevant in the next 10-15 years based on the platform’s current status. I think the issues of privacy, misinformation, and more have damaged its reputation that it will be only a matter of time before it becomes outdated. When Facebook…

Although Facebook is still well-known and has a long history, many people have begun to notice that it is not as relevant as it used to be. Platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter seem to be much more influential nowadays compared to Facebook. Most people I talk with do not even use Facebook, nor do…

Another video I found talks about the many issues that Facebook faces. The first issue that is discussed in the video is privacy. The speaker talks about the many issues Facebook has involving privacy, and encourages people who use Facebook to pay attention to what he has to say. He also mentions the various privacy…

The second part of the documentary talks about news-related information as well as Facebook’s influence on real-world events. The documentary focuses on issues such as fake news and more. It talks about the 2016 presidential election and how Facebook had users posting false information on it, which then would be shared with other people. A…