Week 6, Day 1: EOTO Terms & Concepts

Lots of talk these days about "fake news" in the media. What is it? Who decides?

Summer Online students — This is an assignment that we would do in groups at school. In this case, each of you can simply pick a term or concept that interests you. (I think the theories in Group 3 are particularly interesting, but something else might catch your eye.)

BLOG #9 — KEY POST   Like the last EOTO, this is a special assignment that will be graded separately. Make it 500 words. Add those special touches that will elevate it beyond a regular blog post. Go for the A!

Keep this idea in mind: You are researching that term or concept so that you can TEACH the rest of us about it through your presentation and blog post. 

 Questions to spark your thinking:

• Beyond a simple definition, what are the implications? What might be good, what might be bad?
• How might it affect society as a whole?  
• How might it affect different segments differently — rich/poor, old/young, male/female, gay/straight, majority/minority?
• How might it affect you? Your family and friends? Your generation?

GROUP 1 AWARENESS Propaganda Disinformation Smith-Mundt Act Total Information Awareness False Flag Five Eyes	GROUP 2 MEDIASPHERE MSM Alternative Media Echo Chamber Whistleblower Online Influencers Citizen Journalism
GROUP 3 THEORIES Illusory Truth Effect Confirmation Bias Gatekeeping Agenda Setting Overton Window Spiral of Silence	GROUP 4 POLICY Sherman Anti-Trust Act Media Consolidation Vertical Integration Net Neutrality News Deserts Cord Cutting

                        GROUP 5

                     AGE OF AI

                Machine Learning

                Transhumanism

             Social Credit Score