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  1. Nov 2021
    1. Respondents who get news about the coronavirus via Facebook are less likely to get vaccinated than the average American and than non-Facebook users. Sixty-one percent of those Facebook users said they had been vaccinated, vs. 68 percent of the eligible U.S. population and 71 percent of non-Facebook users. The relationship was stronger for those who said that they had received coronavirus news or information only from Facebook and not from any of the other sources mentioned. Sixteen percent of all respondents fall into this category, and only 47 percent of them report being vaccinated, with 25 percent saying they will not get vaccinated.

      I don't use Facebook, so I had no idea there was a news section on the site. I logged into my account just to see what type of news Facebook provides its users.

      What's confusing to me is where on Facebook are these individuals gaining their information regarding covid-19?

      • Are they getting information from users they follow who are sharing articles?
      • Are they getting information from the News section of the site? If it is information taken from the News section of the site, those articles are from different news outlets. Similar to google, Fox News, CNN, BBC etc. are all on Facebook.
      • Are they getting information from ads?

      Facebook is a social network dedicated to sharing and algorithmic postings. It seems that the article should be specific to how the individuals are relying on Facebook for news.

      There's no real specification to how these individuals are getting their covid-19 information via Facebook.

      I think my main critique to this entire article is why is anyone relying on Facebook for any type of news?

  2. Oct 2021
    1. Every review of Stillwater I have seen has mentioned me, for better or worse.

      This statement made by Knox really stood out to me given our current "clickbait" styled media production. It seems to me that Stillwater is an example of a media outlet using a highly sought after story, person or current even to gain attention on their given piece of content.

      I'm reminded of YouTube videos that use current happenings of the world as a thumbnail and/or subject matter in hopes of gaining more followers, listeners or viewers to their channel.

      Similarly, Stillwater (although I haven't seen the film) seems like Hollywood using Knox's name and story to gain views, clicks and dollars.

      I think of the saying "all publicity is good publicity." However in this situation, for someone like Knox who wishes to be left alone; all publicity, even the good is considered to be bad.

      I didn't know anything about Amanda Knox, but was familiar with the name. After reading the article and doing some research on my own I came to remember I had seen a Netflix Documentary titled Amanda Knox on my feed a while back. Looking forward to diving into that in the near future.

      I'd like to conclude that we could all learn from the way this story is handled. Just because covering a story may receive a lot of interaction, traction and/or popularity doesn't necessarily make it right to do so. We as proper media literate students must be held to a higher standard and lead by example and take all accounts into consideration before moving forward with something. We must also admit when we're wrong, apologize for our mistakes and right our wrongs to the best of our abilities. We must learn by experience from Amanda Knox's past history so that we can be proactive in not allowing it to occur in the future.

  3. Sep 2021
    1. <h1>Copenhagen Travel Guide</h1> <h2>Copenhagen by the Seasons</h2> <h3>Visiting in Winter</h3> <h3>Visiting in Spring</h3>

      I think this was probably the most confusing part for me for the SEO assignment. How does one know how any hearders and subheaders to use per ad?

    2. Content should not be created for the purpose of ranking highly in search alone.

      I understand that content should be created to rank highly, but in a space where all ad creators understand these concepts, how does one compete with hundreds of not thousands of other ad's created?