{"id":948,"date":"2021-10-05T18:26:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T22:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/?p=948"},"modified":"2021-10-17T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T19:04:43","slug":"data-mary-margaret-clouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/10\/05\/data-mary-margaret-clouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Data: Mary Margaret Clouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data, as a collection of information, seems to have an overarching observational impact on human experience, almost as though all our interactions with technology are being tracked. This tracking can create a sense of fear surrounding the use of technologies and media that employ these data collecting software. The collection of data can provide a seemingly infinite range of information to both the data collectors and viewers, however it is how this data is used that determines the morality of its collection. For example, Spotify recommending songs and artists to its users simply enhances the experience on the app without obtaining invasive information. In contrast, suddenly receiving advertisements on Instagram for a product mentioned in a conversation seems intrusive. Oftentimes we aren\u2019t aware that we are being tracked, and when we are reminded of this, it makes us particularly uncomfortable. This prompted me to look into just what data Instagram is gathering about me. This Wired article explains some of the ways users can limit the data Instagram collects, through filtering, disabling, or even deleting one\u2019s account. I\u2019ve included an example of what Instagram has determined, through their data collection, to be my \u201cAds Interests\u201d. I have no genuine interest in many of the things on this list, leading me to wonder what about my interactions with the app have led it to these conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_949\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"wp-image-949 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6465-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6465-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6465-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6465-768x1174.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6465-1005x1536.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6465-624x954.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6465.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">my &#8220;Ads Interests&#8221; as determined by Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-to-stop-instagram-from-tracking-everything-you-do\/\">https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-to-stop-instagram-from-tracking-everything-you-do\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data, as a collection of information, seems to have an overarching observational impact on human experience, almost as though all our interactions with technology are being tracked. This tracking can create a sense of fear surrounding the use of technologies and media that employ these data collecting software. The collection of data can provide a seemingly infinite range of information&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/10\/05\/data-mary-margaret-clouse\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5404,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19627,87686],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data","category-keywords"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}