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Web 2.0. The real reason fake news exists?

What is a fake news? Fake news has recently launched into public debate, partly due to alleged Russian intervention in foreign political processes (Peters, 2017). Oxford Dictionaries define this phenomenon as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”. Fake news articles deliberately intend to mislead readers to promote an agenda or idea. Continue reading →

Fact or Fiction…or Fake?!

Introduction I am beginning to wonder if this module is a sort of crystal ball, running parallel to my dissertation! Just as other topics did (Digital Divide and Digital Residency) fake news links very strongly to my work. It is a quite a complex phenomenon and I have therefore prepared this short video, providing some definitions and some examples. Continue reading →

Fact or Fiction…or Fake?!

Introduction I am beginning to wonder if this module is a sort of crystal ball, running parallel to my dissertation! Just as other topics did (Digital Divide and Digital Residency) fake news links very strongly to my work. It is a quite a complex phenomenon and I have therefore prepared this short video, providing some definitions and some examples. Continue reading →

Earn £20 by reading this post!

Did you believe me? Unfortunately, you won’t be getting £20, sorry to disappoint you, but there is definitely a lot of false information and identities online and this is just one example! NEWS People likes to receive news in different forms, the statistic below displays the main source of news for different age groups. It can be seen that online is the most popular source of news. Main source of news by age. (Newman et al. Continue reading →

Earn £20 by reading this post!

Did you believe me? Unfortunately, you won’t be getting £20, sorry to disappoint you, but there is definitely a lot of false information and identities online and this is just one example! NEWS People likes to receive news in different forms, the statistic below displays the main source of news for different age groups. It can be seen that online is the most popular source of news. Main source of news by age. (Newman et al. Continue reading →

Earn £20 by reading this post!

Did you believe me? Unfortunately, you won’t be getting £20, sorry to disappoint you, but there is definitely a lot of false information and identities online and this is just one example! NEWS People likes to receive news in different forms, the statistic below displays the main source of news for different age groups. It can be seen that online is the most popular source of news. Main source of news by age. (Newman et al. Continue reading →

Popping the ‘Fake News’ Bubble – Topic 2

Fake news – although not a recent phenomenon – has become somewhat of an epidemic in the past few years due to social media usage. It’s recent impact on events such as the U.S. elections (Allcott & Gentzkow, 2017) and Britain’s Brexit (Kucharski, 2016) has certainly created a heightened awareness around fake news. So, are we still able to use the internet as a learning tool? Click to view slideshow. Continue reading →

Reflecting on digital differences

Inequalities in the UK I enjoyed the topic of digital differences this week as it felt like building upon what I had thought about last week in my discussion with Anna about cultural and socio-economic factors. Previously, I had thought about the differences between internet usage and access depending on country and age. However, after reading Carl’s Blog  I began to critically consider the digital differences within the UK. After discovering that 5. Continue reading →

Reflecting on digital differences

Inequalities in the UK I enjoyed the topic of digital differences this week as it felt like building upon what I had thought about last week in my discussion with Anna about cultural and socio-economic factors. Previously, I had thought about the differences between internet usage and access depending on country and age. However, after reading Carl’s Blog  I began to critically consider the digital differences within the UK. After discovering that 5. Continue reading →

Time to Grow Up

The passage of time is something that surprises us all, despite being literally the most predictable thing in the universe. And with time comes age, something that affects everyone, and has always created a divide between people: Everyone is taught from a young age to trust and respect their elders, and everyone delights in lying about their deeds to the next generation, yet recently, this divide seems to have become greater. Continue reading →

Time to Grow Up

The passage of time is something that surprises us all, despite being literally the most predictable thing in the universe. And with time comes age, something that affects everyone, and has always created a divide between people: Everyone is taught from a young age to trust and respect their elders, and everyone delights in lying about their deeds to the next generation, yet recently, this divide seems to have become greater. Continue reading →

Time to Grow Up

The passage of time is something that surprises us all, despite being literally the most predictable thing in the universe. And with time comes age, something that affects everyone, and has always created a divide between people: Everyone is taught from a young age to trust and respect their elders, and everyone delights in lying about their deeds to the next generation, yet recently, this divide seems to have become greater. Continue reading →

Digital Differences: Reflection

The digital difference is a term that I’ve come across numerous times before. While I knew it existed and what it meant, I was astonished to find the inequality caused by the differences had the same level of impact as other mainstream inequalities such as racism, sexism, ageism etc. One of the micro factors behind the digital difference that I focused on was age. I found that in the UK the younger generations are more digitally active than the older generations. Continue reading →

UOSM2008: Topic 1 reflection

This post is part of a series published as part of the University of Southampton’s Living and Working on the Web module. To find out more, including links to all of this year’s student blogs, check out the UOSM2008 website. Having previously explored digital inequalities as part of SOCI3073, it was interesting to explore a wide, more specific array of thoughts on digital differences. Continue reading →

The (developed) World Wide Web.

Shocking, isn’t it? This week has been a very significant week for me, not only have I learnt a lot about a subject I was completely unaware of, through reading through other peoples blogs, and their comments on mine, I believe that I can significantly improve my blogs in the upcoming weeks. How I am going to improve next week: When reading other peoples blogs this week, I noticed these three things were lacking in mine. Continue reading →

The (developed) World Wide Web.

Shocking, isn’t it? This week has been a very significant week for me, not only have I learnt a lot about a subject I was completely unaware of, through reading through other peoples blogs, and their comments on mine, I believe that I can significantly improve my blogs in the upcoming weeks. How I am going to improve next week: When reading other peoples blogs this week, I noticed these three things were lacking in mine. Continue reading →