Copy / paste the following prompts into the Word document Prof. Karrer asked you to create. Answer the following prompts. Make sure to save your document to turn in to Prof. Karrer.
- Do you read / view the news?
- If your response is "yes,": what media do you use to read / view the news?
- social media
- online or print news publications, and if so, which ones?
- other (if so, what?)
- If your response is "no," why not?
- The claim that a volcano in Iceland has emitted more carbon dioxide than all of humanity is an example of:
- polarization
- bias
- misinformation
- The claim made by former president Donald Trump that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating cats and dogs is an example of:
- conspiracy theory
- propaganda
- satire
- The attention economy is the notion that our attention is a valuable commodity especially to companies and social media content creators. Find and share a link to an example of a social media post that is seeking your attention using manipulation, strongly worded language that evokes an emotional response, or propaganda.
- Of the four topics listed below, select the one that you find the most intriguing. Click that link, then select one item that interests you on the Google page that appears. Compare the item you choose to the “Four Moves” described on the SIFT method page, in order to fact check the information, and briefly summarize your findings. Hint: this will come in handy when writing your essay.
