1 hr 1 min
The (MIS)Information Age Cyber Cats
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- Technology
When you log into Facebook or Instagram, do you feel like you are being targeted and driven to specific content that re-enforces your existing ideas, or do you feel like you are being challenged with new information? Should big data or large social media platforms (both which have the power to influence) be allowed to involve themselves in our lives in deeply consequential ways, such as elections…? In this episode we will explore these ideas with Dr. Craig Albert, and dig deeper into questions things like who is creating this content, who’s distributing it and WHY they showing it to YOU.
When you log into Facebook or Instagram, do you feel like you are being targeted and driven to specific content that re-enforces your existing ideas, or do you feel like you are being challenged with new information? Should big data or large social media platforms (both which have the power to influence) be allowed to involve themselves in our lives in deeply consequential ways, such as elections…? In this episode we will explore these ideas with Dr. Craig Albert, and dig deeper into questions things like who is creating this content, who’s distributing it and WHY they showing it to YOU.
1 hr 1 min