When they fail, as we saw with Iraq, horrible things can happen. But that is as much a testament to how much we rely on these publications to inform our discourse as it is a statement on their reliability.
It is kind of crazy to see how impactful news organizations are. Society tends to follow their specific news organizations, which is what leads to great divides. Misinformation or lack of accuracy could lead to devastating repercussions.
Narratives are a different matter. You may like the narrative of MSNBC or the Observer–or even find it more in line with reality
I like this point. I feel like there needs to be a strong distinct between the narrative of a news organization and their sources. Bad sources lead to bad credibility. Bad narrative leads to bad analytics. It takes a balance of both to be a credible news organization. The biggest difference between the Observer, New York Times, Washington Post and so on are the narrative. All of their facts are proper from all of my engagement with them.
For fact-checking, it’s helpful to draw a distinction between two activities: News gathering, where news organizations do investigative work–calling sources, researching public documents, and checking and publishing facts (e.g. getting the facts of Bernie Sanders involvement in the passage of several bills) News analysis, which takes those facts and strings them into a larger narrative, such as “Senator Sanders an effective legislator behind the scenes” or “Senator Sanders largely ineffective Senator behind the scenes.”
News gathering & news analysis. Claims and the effect the claim has on a narrative.
But deciding who has expertise before you search will mediate some of your worst tendencies toward confirmation bias.
I agree. I think that the expertise side of things is important when referring to fact-checkers because they will not be knowledgeable on a lot of subjects in which they are fact-checking. Therefore, we will know whether or not the information is reliable based on expertise.
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How to use Google search in a way that gets rid of key words. For example, the Baltimore gazette highlighted.
Whether we admit it or not, most of us would like to ascribe authority to sites and authors who support our conclusions and deny authority to publications that disagree with our worldview.
I agree. Great quote for essay.
Your first question when looking at a claim on a page should be “Where did this come from, and who produced it?” The answer quite often has very little to do with the website you are looking at.
Very good advice. Checking the credibility of a source/author before reading is something that should be habitual; however, most people just read without seeing where the reading is from, or if it's even true.
Syndication–the process by which material from one site is published automatically to another site
There is a word for everything damn
The current era, characterised by the widespread and increasing use of digital technology in society.
Digital age, aka technology age. Digital is synonymous to technology. Seems to refer to a piece of hardware or something online.
Digital capabilities such as e-commerce platforms can significantly improve traditional customer-supplier experiences
More of a business approach to the word "digital."
When we talk with leaders about what they mean by digital, some view it as the upgraded term for what their IT function does.
Many people view the word "digital" as more depth to IT (Information Technology).
It’s tempting to look for simple definitions, but to be meaningful and sustainable, we believe that digital should be seen less as a thing and more a way of doing things.
A different viewpoint of digital. Less of a "thing" and more of a "way of doing" things. Seems that the word "digital" could is subjective. It apply's mainly to business' and changes meaning based on how it's used.
Even the word “digital” now means something different. It used to be synonymous with “IT.”Nowadays, a company’s digital strategy practically drives the roadmap and goals of manydepartments, from marketing to sales to HR.
The word "digital" supposedly has shifted. Important because it shows how digital doesn't just relate to IT anymore.
digital (not comparable) Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum. quotations ▼2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale. digital computer digital clock Of or relating to computers or the Information Age. Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.
The third definition is the most prevalent for our class. "Of or relating to computers or the Information Age" What is the Information Age?