Friday, June 24, 2016

Digital surveillance study

Students may be under "constant digital surveillance and marketing at school," according to the National Education Policy Center. The report shows that some firms provide free services to schools and, in turn, collect data about students' online activities. The report considers how schools facilitate the work of digital marketers and examine the effects of their tracking of and marketing to children.
Boninger, F., & Molnar, A. (2016). Learning to be watched: Surveillance culture at school. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/publications/RB%20Boninger-Molnar%20Trends.pdf

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