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I feel like since we are living in a digital society, everything already exists out there or has been created somehow. So, thinking about a new media type that does not already exist is a bit difficult.
Living in our current political climate, I think that it is a necessity to know if what we are reading and listening to is completely factual or not. This type of new media I am suggesting would be able to fact check for you, so you are obtaining reliable and correct information. Let’s say the speaker is giving statistics about whatever they are talking about. The application would tell you if the numbers are correct and if his or her speech sounds similar to someone else’s speech. I also think that it would be really cool for this application to tell you who is speaking, if you do not already know, and tell you where the contents of whatever they are speaking or writing about is from. This new media is extremely relevant today and I wish that I had it right now to navigate this crazy political world.
Fact checking used to be something that meant we couldn't trust everything we read online. Unfortunately now it means we cant trust ANYTHING we read online. It's almost comical how I can't tell a real or fake Trump tweet apart from a real one anymore because they sounds so similar. It's come to a point where our news has become so obscure and fake sounding that even if it is true, we feel the need to check whether we're reading an Onion article or the New York Times. Where statistics are concerned, I think a quick Google search would suffice. The real problem is with "facts" stated in news articles or simply trusted blogs who's credibility might need questioning. This kind of media would help loads in such scenarios.
ReplyDeleteHi Allysia,
ReplyDeleteWhile I like the idea you brought up, I think this is something that would be very hard to do. Most of what we read are perspectives and opinions from other people, and the clash of these conflicting viewpoints is what brings up discussions among people. And to your point of statistics, I believe this is what we have the concept of citing your sources for, so we can see where it is being taken from. However, I do like your point on the new media platform educating the reader about who the speaker is. More often than not, we aren't familiar with the writer or speaker and would like to learn more about him or her. I think this would be great!