WRIT 312 - Surveillance and Social Media

Credits: 4

The more we critically engage on social media platforms, the more important it is for us to critically examine the algorithms that maintain these online spaces. In addition to collecting and processing our information, platform algorithms influence how we connect and communicate with other people and obtain the information necessary to form our sociopolitical views. This course considers the rhetorical impacts of social media platform algorithms and the surveillance practices they enable. Students will explore the theoretical and ethical aspects of algorithmic rhetorics and surveillance, rhetorically analyze legal documents, collect and examine social media platform information, and write data-driven arguments.