Tag: MCO427

  • MCO 427 Creation Activity: Learning about Filter Bubbles

    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…

  • TikTok and Reddit’s attempts to combat misinformation

    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…

  • MCO 427 Claim Analysis: Springfield

    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…

  • Misinformation education tools for MCO 427

    For this week’s blog, I analyzed two different pieces of media that dealt with misinformation. First, I checked out News Literacy Project’s RumorGuard website. According to the website’s about section, the News Literacy Project is a nonpartisan education nonprofit attempting to teach people news literacy with the RumorGuard service. Their goal is to help users…