Most recent public comments by Ryan Brown https://nowcomment.com/users/44723 https://nowcomment.com/documents/117207?scroll_to=1143720 https://nowcomment.com/documents/117207?scroll_to=1143720 When hearing Professor Wineburg talk about how to change the way young people make decisions online I am wondering what he believes will happen without this project. It sounds to me like he doesn't believe that young people can be fully trusted to make sound decisions as citizens. Now, I understand that there are many in our generation who probably don't know how to really evaluate sources and make those sound decisions, but I can't help but feel that he is, in a way, lumping us all together and saying we can't take care of ourselves. It sounds more like he wants young people to think the way he does, rather than allowing young people the opportunity to learn and think for themselves. I definitely think it's good for people to pass on wisdom, but as a young person who does know how to evaluate credibility I would honestly prefer to think for myself because I have made mistakes in my life, but it was because of those mistakes that I've learned how to properly handle myself online, and personally I don't feel like I would learn as much from this program as I did from making those mistakes. Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:54:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/117207?scroll_to=1143717 https://nowcomment.com/documents/117207?scroll_to=1143717 I think you bring up some valuable points about how we can use "lateral reading" to help find the truth about certain topics and issues related to politics. However, the thing that I tend to struggle with on this topic is like you said "figuring out what was true, and what different campaign statements/promises actually meant without different biases." I struggle with this because truly there is bias in everything. How do you think we could use lateral reading to find the ACTUAL truth and not just the biased truth? Likewise, how do we distinguish that actual truth from the biased truth? Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:32:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/117207?scroll_to=1143716 https://nowcomment.com/documents/117207?scroll_to=1143716 This sentence stuck out to me because I am usually one to be a "vertical reader" because that is what I have been brought up to be. All of my teachers growing up have always taught me that if you are evaluating the credibility of a website you have to use only the information provided by that website. I would imagine it would be better to read laterally and seek the truth by your own means, but that goes against everything that I was taught growing up. Which one would be considered the "right" way to read? Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:27:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1106672 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1106672 Looking further into this statistic I am curious how effective this actually is of an evaluation. Renee Hobbs said, "Online sharing also provides a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction."(Hobbs, Create to Learn) I think a lot of people would agree with this, but I don't know if the numbers in this paragraph really support that. This statistic suggests that most people say that social media helps with improving their lives in some way, but if you look deeper into this statistic, is it really saying that? What this statistic actually says is that, whether positive or negative, only 22-28% of the interviewees thought social media had an impact on how they feel. This means that 72-78% don't think it impacts their psychological well being at all. This makes me question whether or not this statistic is something to actually consider when looking at the effects of social media on the "sense of fulfillment and satisfaction". Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:54:43 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1099949 https://nowcomment.com/documents/111907?scroll_to=1099949 This statistic really resonated with me. It really connects a lot of the conversations we've been having in class. The media has made our generation dependent upon what they have to say. I wonder, however, how much the statistic would change if they used a larger sample. I'm not sure if 1100 teens is enough of a survey to really have an accurate representation of media use among teenagers. Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:58:16 -0400