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Homework Read 

  • “Free speech – Big tech       and censorship,” The Economist (PDF on Blackboard)
  • “The Slippery Slope       Arrives: Big Tech Censorship Threatens Our Freedoms,” Newsweek (web link on Blackboard)
  • Listen to an episode of the Consider       This podcast: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959667930/deplatforming-not-a-first-amendment-issue-but-still-a-tough-call-for-big-tech
  • Use the notes, thoughts, and/or your scholastic understanding to      create (write) a problem statement based on the discussion of the Consider This podcast      and your readings.
    • What would your INDEP and DEP variables be?
    • What type of quantitative approach would you take (design)?
    • If an experiment, what is your control variable(s)?
    • Are there any intervening variables?