Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fall Semester, 2010

MIT 6.805/STS085: Ethics and Law on the Electronic Frontier

Preparation for week of class on November 8
Congressional Hearing roles

Here are your roles and assignments. For fun, get some background on the real people whose role you are playing and try to build that into your performance.

Committee:

Since we don't know who will reaslly be on the committee this spring, so pick a Representative of the right party who you would like to play. Please coordinate among yourselves so that everyone picks a different Representative.

Witnesses:

Learn something about the person or organization you are representing and imagine what their positions might be. If you are representing an organization, pick a real senior person in that organization whose role you will play, and introduce yourself when you testify. Note that CDT and FTC testified in the summer hearing, so think about how to summarize that position clearly and consider what you might say differently than you did last summer: