Focus: <\/strong>How does surveillance capitalism challenge our understanding of ethics, responsibility, and power in the human sciences?<\/em><\/p> Suggested Length: 1 hour<\/p> Learning Objectives:<\/p>\n
Critical Thinking Concepts<\/th> TOK Concepts<\/th> Reflection Questions<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Confronting Biases & Assumptions:<\/strong> Acknowledge how corporations, governments, and platforms may skew research and data collection to serve profit or political power.
Responsiveness and Flexibility of Thought:<\/strong> Articulate how assumptions about the neutrality of human sciences and “free” digital services are challenged by new evidence and analyses.
Extrapolation & Reapplication of Principles:<\/strong> Evaluate the ethics of exploiting psychological profiling or behavioral data for profit, control, or political gain.<\/td>Responsibility: <\/strong>What responsibilities do corporations, governments, and researchers have when applying human sciences to collect and use personal data?
Power:<\/strong> How does surveillance capitalism shift power between individuals, corporations, and states?
Perspective:<\/strong> How do different cultural and political perspectives shape debates about surveillance, privacy, and manipulation? Can ethics ever be universal in human sciences, or are they always context-dependent?<\/td>What role should institutions play in maintaining ethical responsibility in human sciences research?
Can we expect fairness when the same corporations profit from the data they collect and analyze?
How should educators, policymakers, or citizens prepare people to navigate conflicting or manipulative uses of human sciences?
Is it more dangerous to overtrust human sciences when misused, or to distrust them completely?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>