philosophy-privacy essay

1st Writing assignment:

Finding & Evaluating Sources: Report on Privacy Issues & Evaluate the information

Purpose - this first task has multiple objectives:

1. To learn about current privacy issues and perhaps discover issues, which interest you. 2. To practice seeking information on current events and issues online. 3. To practice summarizing & reporting on sources, without presenting your own opinion. 4. To practice critically evaluating the reliability and potential biases of a certain source. 5. To learn to deal with biased, partial and otherwise imperfect information.

Task Instructions: 2-4 page paper reporting and evaluating 3 sources.

• Go to news papers & privacy websites: (Websites on Privacy Issues and also big newspapers: Guardian, New York Times, and Washington post)

• Find articles portraying ways in which privacy is being compromised in contemporary society

• Chose 3 articles with issues that you find the most interesting and re-read these. • Now based on the articles write your 3 little reports: _____ Based on each article present and report on these 3 issues. (This is a practice in digesting, abstracting and paraphrasing. What in your own words is the main point of the article you are reporting from? Note that you do not in this assignment have to discuss or critically assess the issues, as it is primarily an information seeking and reporting exercise.) _____ Tell why you find these important, i.e. worth your readers attention _____ Include proper reference to the source of your information _____ Evaluate to what extent you find this source of information trustworthy and what the potential biases could be, and to what extent you find these problematic. REPEAT for the 2 other sources…