When scrolling through social media platforms like Instagram or X (formerly Twitter), you may find that the content that is shown to you eventually becomes similar to other content you like and share. This occurrence is known in media as a filter bubble. According to Eli Parisier in his 2011 book “The Filter Bubble: What…

In 2011, while at a local library getting my passport photo taken, I ended up having a seizure. I was 15 years old at the time, and this was the first time I had one. After going to the hospital, I learned that I had gray matter heterotopia, which are common malformations of cortical development.…

TikTok has grown to be a massive social media platform since it merged with Musical.ly in 2018, and due to this, the platform has seen a large amount of misinformation get shared by users. In an article I found by Capitol Technology University, they shared that a 2022 report found that roughly a fifth of…

In this blog post I will be analyzing the claim that Haitian immigrants are taking and eating Springfield, Ohio residents’ pets. This claim first started spreading on platforms such as X and Facebook, with a couple viral posts talking about Haitian immigrants in Springfield terrifying the residents with their reported actions. The claim reached its…