Learning in a digital age/LiDA102/Societal issues/Other issues

In this section, you will choose a topic of interest relating to societal issues or problematic behaviours on the Internet for further investigation. You can select one of the topics introduced in this learning pathway, or an alternate issue you find more interesting.

Your task is to search for reliable resources on your chosen topic and to share these links on the course resource bank.

Alternate issues
You are free to choose any societal issue or antisocial behaviour associated with the Internet. Here are few additional topics to consider:


 * 10 Forms of online harassment.
 * Cyberchondria, editorial published by Karger.
 * Complexities of mobile ownership in the developing world; see for example The woman whose phone 'misdiagnosed HIV', published by BBC News.
 * Hate speech online; see for example Face-off between MPs and social media giants over online hate speech, published by The Guardian.
 * Keystroke logging, see Wikipedia article.
 * Surveillance capitalism; see for example The price of connection: surveillance capitalism, published by The Conversation.
 * Twitter bot problem; see for example: How bots took over twitter, published by the Harvard Business review.
 * Online scams; see for example Scams published by Consumer New Zealand.