I'm going to be honest here. I accomplished very little this week. On top of having Monday off, I've been sick all week. However, I did get to finally meet with Sally Booth! She had some good suggestions for book and articles to look up. On the topic of technology entrenching dictatorships, she recommended looking at how police hacked into text messages being sent by protesters and the WTO and therefore were able to anticipate their moves.
I also wrote my personal progress report. Although concerned about the fact I only have 1 essay done, I feel I can pick up the pace (especially since I have extensive research done on 2 other topics). I still feel I'm on track to get my project done.

Anyhow, I'm giving myself a very strict deadline: by next Tuesday, I must have a 1st draft of my 2nd essay done.