Artists’ Statement
By: Elijah Wilks, Sahar Sani, Chrear Cyrus, Pamela Rodriguez-Ortiz
The National Security Agency (NSA) spying is an ongoing, very controversial topic. In the early 2000’s the NSA decided to use a “collect it all” method in terms of finding persons and information of interest on national security threats. The “collect it all” method comes from the idea that it would be much more efficient and easier to collect all the data and sort through it looking for what you want rather than looking for a needle in a hay stack. The NSA collects personal data of every American citizen including phone records, 1.9 trillion a year. In some cases, the spying isn’t legal. In fact, even some of the government employes have turned their back on these events and whistle blew. Whistle blowing is when a person exposes misconduct, alleged dishonest or illegal activities occurring in an organization, typically this information is legally classified.
Many people feel their privacy is being invaded and it’s not okay. The NSA feels if you’re not doing anything wrong you shouldn’t have anything to worry about. It becomes an interesting topic because data shows this hasn’t prevented terrorism, and the NSA has used this information in ways they’re not legally supposed to.
There are different narratives on NSA spying. They vary from NSA spying is morally, whistle blowing is right, and whistle blowing is wrong.
Privacy Not Included: The Public’s Fight To Gain Back Privacy.
The Morality of Whistleblowing: Patriot Vs. Traitor.
What Would Uncle Sam Do?: Government Privacy Matters.
Click here for works cited.
Arts & Humanities Academy Investigative Reports 
I really like your poster! really fits with your topic
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The poster here looks really cool, I really like the catchphrase on the poster
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I like the clever word play pam
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PAM! this poster is so well done. I think you chose the perfect poster and the satire in this really works.
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I agree with the people that believe ther life is being invaded
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This is a really great poster, its a good idea also having the NSA in the background because in a way that still pertains to social media and like the highest authority on your subject. So good job
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Excellent choice of movie poster and looks very good visually.
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I really like this poster. How did you get that Facebook font?
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Really well done poster! Every single detail is great. I wish I mine has came out this well. I think you chose a really good original movie.
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Is it possible for hackers to gain the same access to our phone records that the NSA has?
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I think your topic was very unique i just wish i knew the movie.
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I feel as though the government spying on me wouldnt effect me. Half of my post or conversations are about food, church, inside jokes and complaining about how tired I am. Half of my pictures are either of me smiling or making the most hideous faces known to man.
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Some of the best memes I’ve seen.
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I really like the poster idea. I think you guys did good 👍👍
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Love the poster love the spin
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I like the poster you guys picked for your topic it makes a lot of sense to use it, good job guys
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its crazy to think about how storage space can be so vast that its economically viable to store billions and trillions of bytes of data that most have nothing of importance to the government
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i know a lot of people who are super paranoid about nsa spying and things like that so learning about it was interesting. i feel like the response the class had was interesting to see too; some people were really bothered but others were fine with it
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I think its crazy how the government has that much access to our public records. Also great poster design.
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why and when do you think the government started to spy on US citizens?
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I hate the idea of the government spying on us and hearing about other peoples ideas on that was really interesting
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