{"id":27950,"date":"2024-03-20T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T18:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=27950"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:12","slug":"privacymichigan-takes-over-michigan-theater-with-1984-screening-and-faculty-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/20\/privacymichigan-takes-over-michigan-theater-with-1984-screening-and-faculty-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy@Michigan takes over Michigan Theater with 1984 screening and faculty panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-27945\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-109-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-27945 ml-slider has-dots-nav has-carousel-mode ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"1984 @ Michigan Theater, 2024\" data-height=\"600\" data-width=\"800\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_27945\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_27945\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-27949 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-03-20 14:04:58\" data-filename=\"IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5.jpg\" class=\"slider-27945 slide-27949 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"Pictured from left to right: Florian Schaub, Svetla Sytch, and Sol Bermann at the Ann Arbor Michigan Theater.\" rel=\"\" title=\"IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984Screening_MarqueeEmail-5-665x443.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">(Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-27947 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-03-20 14:04:58\" data-filename=\"IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-10.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-10.jpg\" class=\"slider-27945 slide-27947 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"A group of people selecting various privacy at Michigan stickers during the 1984 40th-anniversary event at Michigan Theater.\" rel=\"\" title=\"IA-1984 Screening FacPanelWEB-10\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-10.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-10-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-10-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-10-665x443.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">(Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-27957 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-03-20 14:38:45\" data-filename=\"IMG_3458.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3458.png\" class=\"slider-27945 slide-27957 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"A blue, white, and yellow robot figure with round eyes and a smiling mouth has a circular sticker stuck to its chest. The sticker has a drawing of an eye in the center with the text &quot;My Future Is Not Orwellian&quot; wrapped around it.\" rel=\"\" title=\"IMG_3458\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 56.25%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3458.png 576w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3458-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3458-450x600.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">(Tom Burns, ITS Communications)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-27946 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-03-20 14:04:58\" data-filename=\"IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-05.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-05.jpg\" class=\"slider-27945 slide-27946 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"Pictured from left to right: Sol Bermann, Christian Davenport, and Barbara L. McQuade sitting on stage at the Michigan Theater discussing disinformation and the power of democratic practices after the 1984 40th-anniversary screening.\" rel=\"\" title=\"IA-1984 Screening FacPanelWEB-05\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-05.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-05-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-05-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-Screening-FacPanelWEB-05-665x443.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">(Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-27948 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-03-20 14:04:58\" data-filename=\"IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7.jpg\" class=\"slider-27945 slide-27948 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"The Ann Arbor Michigan Theater marquee lit up at night. The marquee has information for the privacy at Michigan 1984 40th-anniversary screening.\" rel=\"\" title=\"IA-1984 MarqueeNightWEB-7\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IA-1984-MarqueeNightWEB-7-665x443.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">(Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/events\/privacy-at-michigan\">Privacy@Michigan<\/a> hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/events\/Privacy-at-Michigan\/1984-40th-anniversary-screening#:~:text=Privacy%40Michigan%20is%20hosting%20a,open%20to%20the%20general%20public.\">40th-anniversary screening of the film adaptation of George Orwell\u2019s <em>1984<\/em><\/a> and a U-M faculty panel discussion at the Michigan Theater on March 6, 2024. The event was co-sponsored by Information and Technology Services (ITS) and the U-M School of Information (UMSI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Event attendees enjoyed free popcorn and picked up movie-themed stickers and assorted ITS Information Assurance Safe Computing giveaways. In addition, UMSI students representing the Security Privacy Interaction Lab (<a href=\"https:\/\/spilab.io\/\">SPILab<\/a>) hosted a privacy clinic. The students provided guidance to attendees on privacy settings for devices and accounts, and offered advice for protecting personal information in today\u2019s hyperconnected world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the screening, <a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.law.umich.edu\/faculty-and-scholarship\/our-faculty\/barbara-l-mcquade\">Barbara L. McQuade<\/a>, a professor from practice at Michigan Law, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/polisci\/people\/faculty\/cdavenpt.html\">Christian Davenport<\/a>, U-M Professor of Political Science, engaged the audience in a thought-provoking conversation moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/about\/leadership\/sol-bermann\">Sol Bermann<\/a>, U-M Chief Information Security Officer and Executive Director of Information Assurance. The panelists acknowledged that the movie was challenging to watch. Prof. Davenport shared that he missed the clarity of the period when the totalitarian government was the obvious enemy. \u201cPolitical totalitarianism has been displaced by economic totalitarianism, with different actors and different challenges,\u201d Davenport observed, noting that today a few tech companies dominate the realm of control and surveillance. In Davenport\u2019s view, our dependence on devices and connectivity leaves no exit, nothing with which to replace the current system: \u201cSince we cannot coherently challenge the reality of economic totalitarianism, the film is even more depressing this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. McQuade introduced her new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/barbaramcquade.squarespace.com\/\"><em>Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America<\/em><\/a>, and urged the audience to reflect on the Party\u2019s command to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears and to consider \u201cJust how bleak our future would be if we don\u2019t take power through truth.\u201d In McQuade\u2019s view, we are losing the battle for the present and the future as we engage in sanitizing our past instead of accepting our country with all its flaws and trying to learn from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked by an audience member if the film offered any hope, both panelists pointed to the strength and resilience of humans. \u201cGovernments can control our behaviors, benefits, and conditions, but not our thoughts,\u201d said McQuade, \u201cNo matter what happens with our government, we can have our thoughts and ideas\u2026 we still have the power to overcome this political moment and have the power to demand truth.\u201d Davenport explained that governments and militaries are always outnumbered and, as history shows, can be overtaken: \u201cWhen humans are subject to oppression, they find a way to rebel against it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their final remarks, the speakers underscored the importance of active engagement in democratic processes in various forms \u2013 from voting to attending events such as this one. In a college town like Ann Arbor, \u201cevery other person around you is either acquiring knowledge or generating knowledge \u2013 take advantage of that,\u201d advised Davenport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sol Bermann closed the event by expressing gratitude for the two panelists\u2019 contributions, \u201cIt\u2019s hard sometimes not to feel bleak, and that is why the light Christian and Barb shine and the work they do have never been more important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To view a recording of the panel discussion, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/events\/Privacy-at-Michigan\/1984-40th-anniversary-screening\">1984<\/a> event page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To see recordings of past Privacy@Michigan events, browse the <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/events\/privacy-at-michigan\/all\">Safe Computing website<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.e2ma.net\/signup\/1913651\/1911633\/\">Join the Safe Computing mailing list<\/a> to receive information on future cybersecurity and privacy events, and visit <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/six-words-about-privacy\">Six Words about Privacy<\/a> to share what privacy means to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy@Michigan hosted a 40th-anniversary screening of the film adaptation of George Orwell\u2019s 1984 and a U-M faculty panel discussion at the Michigan Theater on March 6, 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