This feels contradictory to information in previous readings, about how to help put a stop to misinformation. We were told previously that correcting wrong or misleading information, or liking/interacting with others corrections were helpful to others to keep them from falling for misinformation. I follow the do-not-feed-the-trolls heuristic, as I simply do not interact on any posts on social media if they are not someone I know personally (and I do not engage on posts except to hype of pictures of my friends, usually.) So it leads me to wonder which practice is better - not giving misinformation any attention, or correcting (and potentially, debating) it as proposed here. I think I personally fall into the category of "liking" others corrections to misinformation, as opposed to doing the correcting myself. It feels like the most even ground in this.

This reminds me of the previous modules readings which stated younger people tend to mistrust news (even when true) at higher rates than previous generations, something which I feel I fall into. As the video in this module states, it seems we as a class may mistrust news more than media. I believe adding this to other forms of media, and even things told us by friends and family, may be of more importance going forward than just being way of news.

I touched on this in my most recent blog post - but I live with my grandmother and the way we consume media, not just news, seems to show this gap pretty clearly. I have noticed my grandmother (who is in her 70s) tends to take everything she reads or sees, no matter from where, at face value. In fact, it is a running joke in my family her main source tends to be "I read on Facebook..." Just yesterday she saw an advertisement for a product called Lifevac, which was marketed as "news report" for an anti-choking device. She immediately stated everyone should buy one for how low the cost was. I remarked it was a coincidence we could clearly see the family panicking about their choking child on CCTV footage, then at another angle had another clear shot of the Lifevac hero "using" it but the baby themselves was obscured. I thought it was staged. Whether or not the incident was true, the spectrum was clear - my grandma instantly believed the product, and I instantly thought it was a scam. Throughout this article, I have felt called out. It states my news and media habits pretty on the nose.

I fall into this category. While I have a Facebook account, I rarely use it unless promoting a fundraiser or something similar, and do not scroll on it very often. not use Instead I opt for Instagram of my app of choice. I fall a little outside the box as I do not have TikTok, however, I feel as though a lot of content posted on it is cross posted on Instagram Reels. A lot of "news" I receive come in the form of Instagram carousels which have little infographics which highlight information on a topic, or a (to me) random person sharing highlights of a specific issue popular in the zeitgeist. I am aware, however, these are not all encompassing and the users are not biased sources, nor do I take information I see on this as fully accurate. If I find a topic interesting, I try to do my own research and rarely reshare these info posts (as opposed to news posts) anymore. I do not follow nor do I think I have actually ever seen any posts like this from any actual news sources, however.