Students on Snowden

For the last MediaNote of the semester, Your Humble Blogger will downgrade his role to moderator and MC101 students will present the material. Given the continuing controversy surrounding Edward Snowden, we will discuss questions from the research paper in class.

•Why is Edward Snowden controversial? What did he do? How do his action’s compare with those of Julian Assange?

•According to your sources, why are Snowden’s actions a danger to the security of individuals, corporations, and nations?

•According to your sources, why is Snowden a force for openness, fairness and a better world?

•You be the commentator: In light of Snowden’s actions, is secrecy in government or in corporations becoming a thing of the past?