This class examines ethical issues of data, data science, and algorithms. We consider unintended consequences and transparency of algorithms, phenomena such as mass personalization and experimentation, and examine competing ideas about privacy and the sometimes blurry line between the private and the public spheres in the digital age. The course is intended to place analytics in a social context and equip students to anticipate and understand the ethical tradeoffs they will be making in the process of doing analytical work.

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