Misinformation Medic
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Task 1: Misinformation Medic
False information goes around extremely quickly and some can be difficult to tell if it is true or not. even if you think that false information would be obvious, it is unfortunately not in most cases. as misinformation can be hard to tell from the truth, it often spreads around a lot and by the time there are enough people to say that it is false, there would also be a lot of people saying that it is true. to prevent spreading misinformation, a quick search could help you see if the information you are about to post/spread is true or false. this may seem bothersome but just a few minutes could help you from spreading misinformation.
Task 2: Social media sweep
The post above talks about how the COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and even mentions how nurses and doctors wouldn't touch them. they repost pictures from a website and take the information in a 'creative' way - spreading false information.
This is in fact wrong as it isn't that the vaccines are so dangerous that nurses won't want to touch them but because storing vaccines is a meticulous task and the vaccine need to be stored appropriately for them to work effectively. The vaccines themselves wouldn't be dangerous as each vaccine has to go through multiple testings to be approved as a proper vaccine. The information in this post has been skewed this way, most likely because of the knowledge of the person who posted this. they interpreted the information wrong and try to make it seem like it is something bad (most likely due to the fact that this person was an anti-vaxxer previously so their thoughts to vaccines are negative).
Task 3: Conspiracy theory videos
Buzzfeed Unsolved Network - The Secret Society Of The Illuminati
Vox - The video the Illuminati doesn't want you to see
as buzzfeed unsolved network's audience is more towards the curious who like to have fun, the have to present their findings in a creative way (in this case like a discussion while presenting information). the occassional discussing and talk makes it much for engaging to listen to as it isn't just 15 minutes of talk but a few minutes of information and a few minutes of frieds talking about a theory and discussing the theory together.
Vox's audience is more towards the middle age and they present their work in a less engaging way, just giving out information rather than making it amusing. this is more useful when people need to find information rather than enjoy themselves and listen to theories for fun. they go straight to their points and dont leave any time for discussion/opinions but leave just evidence. Vox's video can be seen as fun to a certain extent but doesn't have the casual feel like Buzzfeed's.
Buzzfeeds video was personally more convincing as having people discuss it and explain it with solid evidence makes it much more relatable/believable. they also bring in an expert who would know much more about the illuminati than most and get her to answer common questions to clarify the answer, include timelines, arguemtns which can be found on the media, etc... they go through theories which they say arent as believable to them but also include theories that they think are creible - they dont try to make theories which seem blantly fake, true, but actually say that they dont think it is true and move on.