[LINK] Big Data - bad or otherwise

[Janet Hawtin]

On 15 January 2014 07:37, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:

This issue of Cutter's newsletter has a couple articles on this subject:
> http://www.cutter.com/research.html


If big data is generated/collected on behalf money because that's who can
afford it then the way that data will be phrased, framed, focused will suit
those interests

If newspapers hire big data journalists to mine big data for stories to me
that seems like a risk they could be 'embedded' in those interests. Would
they then be able to ask people face to face to confirm themes in data? How
can you be objective about non objective data or data which
critiques/defines citizens but can not see back up the telescope to
entities which have capacity to define the information playing field.
So some entities are opaque. How does that contrast shape things?

Citizens seem to be used to being the centre of data, perhaps it is
flattering/affirming to have a moment of statistical fame, affiliation.
Not sure if citizen privacy is a #meme with effect. Is it an issue x number
of people care about where x is too small to worry about?
If we all care about it what is the antidote? Will the next gen understand
the idea of privacy ? journalism ?