Stepping back to reflect!

Posts I have commented on: Darren Marianne Increased Challenges in Evaluating Information Online Julian's comment brought my attention towards advanced technology that allows video/audio manipulation. This contributes to our current challenge because not only can we not believe the news that we read, audios/videos are no longer as reliable too. The video below proved how...

Topic 2 – If 8/10 of the people say that it is fake news, is it fake news?

With Artificial Intelligence introduced in most of the social media platforms, the algorithms that they employ, contribute to our Filter Bubble through feeding us personalised content. As a result, we can unknowingly become isolated from information that disagrees with our “worldview” (FutureLearn, 2017). From Figure 1, statistics have shown that majority of adults in U.S. obtain...