Michael Zimmer (academic)

Michael Zimmer is a privacy and social media scholar. He currently is an assistant professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and co-director of the Center for Information Policy Research.^[1] Zimmer serves on the executive committee of the Association of Internet Researchers,^[2] and is on the advisory board of the Future of Privacy Forum.^[3]

Zimmer was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education for his research criticizing the research ethics of a Harvard-sponsored research project that harvested Facebook profiles of an entire cohort of undergraduate students.^[4] He has also appeared on the National Public Radio shows Science Friday^[5] and Morning Edition,^[6] as well as in the New York Times and other media outlets.^[7]

References

1. ^ "About the Directors", Center for Information Policy Research
2. ^ AoIR Election Results
3. ^ FPF Advisory Board
4. ^ Harvard Researchers Accused of Breaching Students' Privacy, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 10, 2011
5. ^ Online Privacy, May 21st, 2010
6. ^ Groups Complain To FTC About Facebook Changes, January 4, 2010
7. ^ Biography

External links

• Personal homepage
• UW-Milwaukee profile
• “But the data is already public”: on the ethics of research in Facebook, Ethics and Information Technology, 2010

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