Thanks to Julia for creating the blog post on PLN and Inclusion. I agree with what she said at the beginning of the post, social media helps bring attention to key issues in the current society. However, social media plays a role in politics as well such as the Twitter-driven campaign of Donald Trump. While we acquire knowledge and exchange views on social media, the fidelity of the claims also needs careful consideration. (Additional reading on a statistic of Americans who mainly get News on social media: https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/07/30/americans-who-mainly-get-their-news-on-social-media-are-less-engaged-less-knowledgeable/).
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Thanks to Julia for creating the blog post on PLN and Inclusion. I agree with what she said at the beginning of the post, social media helps bring attention to key issues in the current society. However, social media plays a role in politics as well such as the Twitter-driven campaign of Donald Trump. While we acquire knowledge and exchange views on social media, the fidelity of the claims also needs careful consideration. (Additional reading on a statistic of Americans who mainly get News on social media: https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/07/30/americans-who-mainly-get-their-news-on-social-media-are-less-engaged-less-knowledgeable/).
yifeiwang
October 9, 2021
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