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Misinformation creation activity
I knew I wanted to set out and craft a set of (somewhat) comprehensive recommendations for helping media users in my generation, Some of...
Sam Ellefson
Oct 7, 20225 min read
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Using the trust indicators
The eight indicators provided by the Trust Project for evaluating the validity and trustworthiness of a news source include: journalist...
Sam Ellefson
Oct 3, 20225 min read
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Whose Responsibility is it to Solve the Misinformation Problem?
As mentioned in one of the videos from this week, technological advancement is not the root cause of misinformation, and misinformation...
Sam Ellefson
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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Assessing current platforms' attempts to curb misinformation
My first instinct when I was tasked with researching and evaluating two social platforms’ efforts and structures for combating...
Sam Ellefson
Sep 26, 20224 min read
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Website or claim analysis
The Arizona gubernatorial race has been equally concerning and interesting to me. I followed the Republican primary, which culminated in...
Sam Ellefson
Sep 19, 20223 min read
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Evaluating misinformation education tools
For this blog assignment, I decided to play the games Bad News and Factitious. In Bad News, you play as a fake news site attempting to...
Sam Ellefson
Sep 12, 20223 min read
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How has misinformation impacted you and people you know?
Misinformation’s pernicious nature, compounded with constantly being inundated by its presence on Twitter specifically, has left me...
Sam Ellefson
Sep 4, 20223 min read
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24-Hour Media Diet
1:15pm - Saturday: I checked Canvas on my second day off after a long week. I started reorganizing my personal Wix site to meet the...
Sam Ellefson
Aug 29, 20226 min read
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