Nicole Chiapperino

                                                                     During one of my classmate's presentation, I learned a lot about the importance of fact-checking the information that we as a society are reading. I always knew what disinformation was but I never really knew where it was coming from. Disinformation has always been a problem, even all the way back to an example used in the presentation, when the Soviet Union attacked the United States government's integrity but saying they are causing the AIDS epidemic. It was explained to me that the Soviet Union was disinforming the public in order to destabilize the government. I am almost disappointed to say that I never really thought about disinformation. I do however think that this is a normal behavior within the growth of social media.      When we scroll through social media we learn a lot about what's happening in our communities and across the world. It was interesting for me to listen to this presentation beca

             What is “Citizen Journalism”? Exactly what it says, citizens that act as journalists. Journalists publicize their work in order to educate their audience. Citizen Journalism is no different. But, it can be found just about anywhere. All social media outlets are able to act at a home for citizen journalism. With technological advancements citizen, journalism has become extremely popular.       Social media is such a huge outlet for people all around the world. Social media makes it easy for citizens to journal. If there is an event, a protest, a fight, or an accident; Citizens are the first ones at the scene usually. Most bystanders are going to reach for their phone and either video, take pictures, or even just inform others of the incident at hand. For example, with the recent Black Lives Matter protests and rallies, I have personally seen countless video recordings of them and that is where I have been getting information. Whether that is right or wrong, people look to s