Summary
In the article it categorizes the different biases that infect social media. Your brain, society, and machines are biases that contribute to the spread of misinformation. Social media is very fast paced, and it's a lot for people to intake. Socials media users tend to get the wrong idea about certain information sources, because it is a lot of information given at once. The brain can only process a small amount of information at a time. In society people have their own biased opinion. No one fact checks anything, which lead to more confusion to the community. Machines such as bots are made to help the algorithm and filter users feed. This only lets people see one perspective and lessens chance of seeing diverse perspectives.
I think social media is definitely a biased platform and a lot of people have many opinions on different topics. The bots make it harder for people to know the truth, because it exposes them to false information. Reading this article made me aware of these bots, and I never knew things like this existed. Games like flakey should be more accessible, it does help people differentiate between false information and real information. I have been victim of consuming false information online and told my friends about it, without even knowing that it was probably a fake article.
2 thoughts on “The Stories on Social Media by Britney Smith”
I agree that social media are a biased platform and a significant source of misinformation and fake news. People get most of their daily information through social media, like facts, and news. The bots, I knew that something like this existed, and it is true that people are confused about what is true and what is not. I like the Fakey game. I used the button “Fact-Check” most of the time to make sure that the news come from a trustworthy source.
Very informative about brain influences on social media.