Those interested in learning more about issues of privacy -- in particular the distinction between public and private information -- in today's digital world are invited to an engaging discussion led by Helen Nissenbaum, a recognized expert in the areas of social, ethical and political implications of informatino technology and digital media.
The professor of Media, Culture and Communication, and Computer Science from New York University will speak at Oakland University at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 31, in the Elliott Hall Auditorium. Refreshments will be served at 3:30.
The event is sponsored by the SBA’s Center for Integrated Business Research and Education at OU, SurPriSe, an OU faculty learning community focused on the study of surveillance, privacy and security, OU’s College of Arts and Sciences’ Borders and Frontiers program, the CAS' Sociology & Anthropology and Communication and Journalism departments, and the SBA's Decision and Information Science Department.
Nissenbaum also serves as Senior Faculty Fellow of the Information Law Institute. Her research publications have appeared in journals of philosophy, politics, law, media studies, information studies, and computer science.
She has written and edited four books, including the recently published Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy and the Integrity of Social Life, where, according to the Stanford University Press website, she asserts that privacy concerns should not be limited solely to concern about control over personal information, and information ought to be distributed and protected according to norms governing distinct social contexts—whether it be workplace, health care, schools, or among family and friends. She warns that basic distinctions between public and private, informing many current privacy policies, in fact obscure more than they clarify. In truth, contemporary information systems should alarm us only when they function without regard for social norms and values, and thereby weaken the fabric of social life.
The National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Ford Foundation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator have supported her work on privacy, trust online, and security, as well as several studies of values embodied in computer system design, including search engines, digital games, facial recognition technology, and health information systems.
Nissenbaum holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University and a B.A. (Hons) from the University of the Witwatersrand. Before joining the faculty at NYU, she served as Associate Director of the Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
Those interested in learning more about issues of privacy -- in particular the distinction between public and private information -- in today's digital world are invited to an engaging discussion led by Helen Nissenbaum, a recognized expert in the areas of social, ethical and political implications of informatino technology and digital media.
The professor of Media, Culture and Communication, and Computer Science from New York University will speak at Oakland University at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 31, in the Elliott Hall Auditorium. Refreshments will be served at 3:30.