Baum, Patrick (2018): Big Data für Big Brother. Unsere Daten zwischen Kundenbindung und sozialer Kontrolle. In: Ethik und Unterricht, Nr. 1. The article is suitable for teaching in grades 9 to 11 and aims to educate about Big Data scenarios and to discuss possibilities of denial. Der Beitrag eignet sich Read more…
Gräßer, Lars (2014): Im Blickpunkt: Big Data, Marl (digitale gesellschaft NRW). The Grimme Institute’s handout introduces the topic of Big Data, presents the corporate perspective as well as the societal perspective, and discusses what data collection means for the “measured self.” Die Handreichung des Grimme-Instituts führt in das Thema Big Read more…
Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (LfM) (2012): Big Data Erklärvideo, Düsseldorf. The explanatory video shows how much data is generated where, for what purposes it is collected and who benefits from it. However, the areas of application are mentioned only cursorily and the consequences for society are only hinted at. Das Read more…
Heuer, Stefan (2013): Kleine Daten, große Wirkung. Big Data einfach auf den Punkt gebracht, Düsseldorf (Digitalkompakt LfM, Bd. 6). The 6th edition of the digitalkompakt series of the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (LfM) introduces the topic of Big Data, explains the technical and economic background of the data business and Read more…
Economic Security Project (2021): Big Tech Detective, Washington DC. Big Tech Detective is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that reveals how data flows to and from the biggest tech companies and the extent to which tech giants already dominate the digital infrastructure. Big Tech Detective ist eine Browser-Erweiterung Read more…
Süddeutsche Zeitung (2019): Überwacht und verkauft, München. The interactive project introduces the basics of digital surveillance capitalism and uses many practical examples to show how data is collected, who profits from it and how the weakest in society risk being left behind. Das interaktive Projekt führt in die Grundlagen des Read more…
Daten, Algorithmen, Kontrolle der Zukunft. Big Data in der digitalen Gesellschaft – Anwendungen und Zweifel. Ringvorlesung an der Universität Hamburg vom 20. November 2017 bis 29. Januar 2018. The lecture series on Big Data and Doubt, from November 20, 2017 to January 29, 2018 at the University of Hamburg, addresses Read more…
Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor (2014): Freiheit und Vorhersage: Über die ethischen Grenzen von Big Data. Talk auf der re:publica vom 7. Mai in Berlin. In his lecture, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the increasing possibilities of Big Data analysis, warns against misappropriation and the danger of confusing causality and correlation. He discusses the problems Read more…
Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2018): Podcasts zu Digitalisierung und Privatheit, Berlin. The podcast series “Digitization and Privacy” contains short statements by scientists on the new technologies of data collection and processing and asks from different perspectives what the extensive data processing is used for, for example for forecasts Read more…
Siemens Stiftung (2020): Medienpaket “Algorithmen in unserem Alltag”, München. The media package “Algorithms in our everyday life” developed by iRights.Lab is aimed at students from grade 7 onwards with the goal of conveying a general understanding of algorithmic systems and establishing social and political connections. Das von iRights.Lab entwickelte Medienpaket Read more…