1 st set of questions: How far do you read past the headline on your newsfeed (if at all)? Why are using social media, as your preferred news source? Why do they think it is important to follow politicians on social media (twitter)? Whenever you look news up online using a search engine (google), do you do additional research on the subject? If you do not; why, don’t you do some research on the subject? How does the news that appears in your feed make you feel? Do you stick to one online community group that supports your ideas, and your way of thinking? What kind of social media do you use as your primary news source? Do you go to social media looking for news, or does it pop up on your feed? Does where the news come from affect how you view it? Have you ever commented on a post, before reading the article? 2 nd set of questions: Do you use social media, as a news source? Yes or No Is social media your preferred news source? Yes or No Do you follo...
The analytical tool that I am going to use is Microsoft Excel, as I already have access to this application. I am still waiting to get all of my responses for my survey. Will update if it is not done by the end of this week.
Final draft Lit Review Users today consume vast amounts of news in a short amount of time, using social media as their preferred news outlet. As various authors who did research on the subject point out “In case of polarizing topics like politics, where multiple competing perspectives exist, the political bias in the top search results can play a significant role in shaping public opinion towards (or away from) certain perspectives” (Kulshresta, Eslami, Messias, Zafar, Gosh, Gummadi & Karahalios, 2019). When users look up news to see what is going on with the world around them, there is a bias in the algorithm itself, shaping their opinion before they read the whole story; segregating people on their political views, and making them unable to have a conversation with people that have a different political opinions from them. The purpose of this review is to provide a cohesive understanding of the bias in social media and search engines, with the focus being on poli...
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