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  • How TikTok’s Algorithm Can Spread Misinformation During Breaking News Events

    TikTok is a very popular form of social media and many people use TikTok as a source for “news” for natural disasters, public emergencies, and elections. Information spreads quickly on TikTok and can mislead people and cause chaos. Teaching people how to manage and deal with misinformation will help reduce the harm misinformation causes. My…

  • Assessing current platforms’ attempts to curve misinformation

    My two most used social media platforms are TikTok and Instagram I thought it would be interesting to dive into how they curb misinformation and the efforts they go through to decrease misinformation on their platforms TikTok: An important tool TikTok has is its automated moderation system that scans for violations of the platform’s community…

  • Identifying New Item and Secret Menu Posts Online

    It’s no secret that restaurants have a “Secret Menu” for example in n out with their “animal style” fries and burgers that are not listed on the menu. A common thing I see online is people posting secret menu items for certain restaurants and later on I find out it was made up and it…

  • Evaluating Misinformation Education Tools 

    News Literacy Projects RumorGuard: Teaches about the 5 credibilty factors to look out for when reading a post including, Authenticity, source, evidence, context and reasoning. Many posts are put out there to make people believe they are real and authentic, Rumor guard runs background checks to prove that posts are not reliable. I think this…

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    Welcome to WordPress! This is your first post. Edit or delete it to take the first step in your blogging journey.

  • Media Day in the life

    To start of the Blog post students are tasked to track their use of media for 24 hours I chose Friday to track my media. It’s interesting to see how much media is used throughout the day even just checking a text or reading a book or listening to music. Lets get into it! 9:00…