Blog #1

-

 5 News Sources

As a college student I don't have much time to sit down in front of the TV to watch the news but I do have time to pick up my phone and scroll. I follow a few new accounts on TikTok like @ABCNews, @somegoodnewsofficial, and @underthedesknews. This ensures that I will be able to look at the news in a way that better fits with my schedule. I can wake up in the morning and run to class with a few minutes to spare and scroll through tik tok and see if Putin has fired and nukes yet. 


The daily news has a page on snap chat that shows up and is mostly populated with celebrity news and a few pieces of political or global news. But through that site on snapchat you can easily visit the actual daily news website. Here there is an assortment of articles, not just celebrity gossip. Here I can choose if I would like to read about health, travel, science ect. There are a multitude of different news stories from different countries allowing me to read about the UK or Australian news. I find it a great quick way to stay connected and informed not just socially but globally.

 

Oh well it’s technically an online service provider it is also one of my emails. I will say it has a large news page with a variety of stories. I personally find the layout very attractive because it all comes with pictures and descriptions so I know what I am about to read. The one downside to the site is that it does have a lot of ads that I find a bit annoying. This is a page where I can read an article about Snoop Dogg then an article about the governor of Florida passing a new law right after.


Reddit is a place where you can read about and communicate with people who have similar interests with you. If you’ve ever scrolled through it you know that in the directory  there are thousands of different communities you could look at for each letter of the alphabet. I like to look at it as an information dumb. I can look anywhere and I can learn some new information about a different thing each time I visit. Of course not everything is verified so any questions could be confirmed by looking at another source but it is a great place to expose yourself to many new things.


I am from Massachusetts and grew up in a home where we did read the Boston Globe so I just kind of always use it as a new source. I have a subscription on my phone where I can go in and see if the Celtics lost today or what the Governor is doing. I still get a lot of local news here so I can know what’s going on back home. I don’t necessarily look at this every day but it is the one I know best.








Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Illusory Truth Effect

-
Image
  “The illusory truth effect, also known as the illusion of truth, describes how, when we hear the same false information repeated again and again, we often come to believe it is true. Troublingly, this even happens when people should know better—that is, when people initially know that the misinformation is false” ( https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/illusory-truth-effect   ). This is implicated in everyday life. The illusory truth effect has a firm grasp around the world.  “When we’re repeatedly exposed to the same information - even if it’s meaningless or if we aren’t consciously aware that we’ve seen it before it gradually becomes easier for us to process”( https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/illusory-truth-effect ). We as people have been conditioned to act this way, and participate in this effect. I do not see that much good in the illusory  trut h effect. The widespread lies and miss-information can only be harmful. It might protect a person's feelings in the moment and allow t
Read more

Supreme Court

-
Image
The Supreme Court     While reviewing the two part documentary on the Supreme Court I learned a few things I didn’t know before it. I knew what their job was in their job description but I did not know what they physically did all day which as it turns out is sit around and read case files and study them. They also do not reject cases they agree with but publicly they are viewed as supporting it in fact it’s the opposite. I also learned that they have a special room where they all vote together locked away from the outside world. As stated in the documentary the Supreme Court’s purpose is to “ safeguard liberty, preserve the union, and hold the rule of law”( Part I and Part II ).They Ardell kidded to unbiased and law-abiding decisions their only purpose is to decide if judgment full of constitution or not. It’s just a sprayer said and part two, “courts have no secrets”( Part I and Part II ). The chief Justices all collectively said that for the first 3 to 5 years of their service th
Read more

Age of AI

-
Image
 Age Of AI For the AI to work as best as possible, it needs a lot of data and it looks like data from everyone. China currently uses many forms of AI to Servall the public. Especially since within the next 15 years AI and robots are predicted to threaten 50% of jobs in the next 15 years. Increases productivity for large companies but leaves the workers jobless. Even today with self-checkout and self ordering stands, it is taking away cashier jobs across the country, leaving fewer and more difficult jobs left. “ they don’t have a cushion so the lack of economic stability married with the disruptions in peoples careers is a really toxic mix”.        China believes it can be a worldwide AI superpower by the year 2030 surpassing the United States. They also believe that they will be the ones to popularize AI and make it accessible and commercially sold to the public. Of course there are restrictions placed by governments.       When you search something on Google you create your browser hi
Read more