Hi there everyone, my name is Jayden, im a student at LBCC who is studying psychology! Ive lived in Oregon for most of my life, and would love to move to Australia after my education is complete! I've lived in Australia for around 6 months throughout my life, and fell in love with the country the moment I stepped off the plane. I hope to being my professional life in social work, helping teenagers who struggle with depression, ADHD, and anxiety, once I fully move there. I'm a big sports fan, specifically interested in the NFL and basketball. I also love to cook, play video games, and spend time with friends.
I'm hoping to learn a lot about maintaining a healthy relationship with the ever evolving media landscape. With everything going on in The United States, much less other intense conflicts in other countries, I've been struggling with finding a way to stay informed without allowing the discourse to overwhelm my life. I think I'm starting to find a healthy balance, but part of that balance (or maybe imbalance) has been allowing myself to fall out of the know.
I have a few different sites that I use to consume information and news. Those sites include Instagram, Youtube, and Twitter, but also some more traditional news sites such as NPR, The Independent, and The Sydney Morning Herald. The most common one is usually Instagram. I don't actually seek out news on Instagram, rather the algorithm LOVES showing me all sorts of troubling things. I will also occasionally see some political content, or general news content on Youtube. Most notably, the content creator Mr. Beat (no, not Mr. Beast) who creates historical political content, as well as more modern political analysis. I am very aware that most of the content I consume short form and intended to grab as much of my attention as it can, in hopes it can boost their analytics, or generate precious ad revenue. Because of this, I very rarely assume that what I see on these sites is entirely true, or not missing some important context. If there is a piece of information that I find interesting, or would like to know more about, I regularly double check this information to see if there are other people who are reporting the same thing.
Many people are concerned about the prevalence of false information in today's day, and I know very well how many times you can get tricked or lied to by someone trying to pass of unreliable information as fact. I've fallen victim to it many times, and its part of the reason why I have multiple safeguards before I let information affect me and assume a piece of content is true.
TOPIC 1: ABOUT YOU -- Who's who this term:
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In a paragraph or two ... or three ... share a bit about yourself (major, career goals, why at LBCC ...)
- What are you most interested in learning about the media and culture?
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Tell us something you are passionate about outside of college (e.g. I'm a runner and follow sports obsessively! Go Kraken! Go Packers! Go Beavers! Go Ducks! Go Mariners! Go Brewers! When running, my mantra is ... start slow and taper off ...)
TOPIC 2: THE INFORMATION YOU CONSUME
Answer these questions on your media blog:
- What do you consider your THREE main sources of information? This can be a platform (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok) and/or media sources (e.g. New York Times, Fox News, Huffington Post). Why are these your "go-to" sources of information?
- Second, how reliable do you consider these sources, and WHY?
- Given what you know about or have learned about "fake news," "deep fakes" and misinformation ... how concerned are you about the information out there in the media ecosystem? How do you ensure that the information you take in is "accurate"? What steps, if any, do you take before passing along this information?
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