Spring 2023 NCTA Alumni Online Book Discussion Group:  Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control by Josh Chin and Liza Lin

This winter Dr. Diana M. Wood and NCTA Alumni Cindy McNulty will lead a free asynchronous discussion group for NCTA alumni educators on Surveillance State: Inside China’s Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control, by Josh Chin and Liza Lin. These Wall Street Journal reporters examine the astonishing reach and personal consequences of China’s expanding surveillance network. Topics include: the use of technology to control the Uyghurs of Xinjiang, Hangzhou as a model “smart city,” Chinese attitudes toward privacy, and the role COVID played in expanding state surveillance.


For Pennsylvania teachers, completion of this book discussion will be worth fourteen Act 48 hours.  For teachers in other states we can provide you with a certificate of completion and/or a personal letter from the instructor. All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

This discussion group is for NCTA Alumni in the University of Pittsburgh Coordinating Site region (PA, OH, MI, WV, MD, AL, MN, DE, LA, IL, KY)

After you register, we will send you a confirmation email and will (depending on your response below) a complimentary copy of the book.  You will also receive information on logging on to the Proboards Discussion Board site and a schedule of the readings and assignments.

Registration Deadline: December 20, 2022     

If you have any questions, please contact Patrick Hughes as hughespw@pitt.edu

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