Texts:

1) News Consumption Across Social Media in 2021 https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2021/09/20/news-consumption-across-social-media-in-2021/

2) Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Engaged, Less Knowledgeable https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/07/30/americans-who-mainly-get-their-news-on-social-media-are-less-engaged-less-knowledgeable/

Questions:

1) Summarize each article

2) Then engage with one of the following questions in a paragraph post. Choose a unique title for your thread that gives a hint at your topic.

• To what extent can we as information consumers successfully navigate the world of information, given the biases of search engines (as described by Levesque), and the misinformation campaigns exemplified by the two multimedia reports in theNew York Times? How can we as individuals avoid the pitfalls of bias and misinformation, and is there anything that can be done on a larger scale to address this?
• Given the many changes in the news media over the last 15 years or so, as outlined in the readings, what does the future of news look like now, and is there anything can we do (as individuals or on a larger scale) to ensure a more positive outlook?
• Write your own post that offers a coherent response to the issues that came up in the week's readings or materials.