Week 4: Reading Laterally

Week 4 Tasks:

• Students will complete the Discussion Post 2 and respond to two peer comments.
• Read Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers: Section IV: “Read Laterally,” beginning with What “Reading Laterally” Means

Discussion Prompt 2: Filter Bubbles

Watch the video Beware Online "filter bubbles". 

In 3-4 paragraphs discuss:

1. What is a "filter bubble"?

2. What problems do you think the filter bubble may pose?

3. Look at The Wall Street Journal's Blue Feed, Red Feed Side by Side comparison of liberal and conservative Facebook. What do you notice? 

4. Look at your Social Media feed. What websites and suggestions do you see? What is being advertised to you? 

5. Think of a subject that is important to you. If you were to perform a search to find more information about this topic, what would you use, and where would you search?

6. Respond to two of your peers’ comments. 

When composing your response, title your response: LastNameFirstInitial_FilterBubble

Start a new thread in D2L.

TED. (2011). Beware online “filter bubbles” |Eli Pariser. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s