Val Steeves

SSC Seminar Series: Val Steeves

Location: Mac Corry Hall, Room D411D216

12:30- 2:00 pm

Prying Open the Black Box: What Hello Barbie Can Tell Us About Behavioural Advertising

This talk unpacks the development of Barbie from toy to website to robot, and analyzes the privacy implications of embedding corporate data collection into a child’s imagination through real-time conversations with artificial intelligence software.

Everyone welcome!

SSC Seminar Series: Valerie Steeves, University of Ottawa

Valerie Steeves, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa

Life in the Fish Bowl: kids attitudes about online surveillance

Mac-Corry Hall, Room D411 (Sociology Lounge)

12:30 - 2:00 pm

Findings from qualitative interviews with young people between the ages of 11 and 17 and their parents suggest that young people feel that they are under constant surveillance online by parents, teachers and corporations,...