Chase Keller’s J347 Blog

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I believe that the hardest CRAAP test criterion to evaluate accurately is authority. In an era of widespread information, accuracy becomes harder to evaluate. At the same time, though, it may be easier to detect misinformation, especially with more fact-checkers available (likely because of the increase in misinformation). When it comes to authority, most individuals read an…

The five main types of participatory journalism, as discussed in Chapter 3, are sources, user feedback, user-generated content, crowdsourcing and citizen journalism. The definitions are as followed: These types of participatory journalism have different levels of contribution to journalistic pieces. From user feedback, a small critique or comment about a piece, to citizen journalism, where…

Journalism has changed immensely as time has gone by. Through the rise of online journalism, there has never been more opportunities to enter the journalism field. Prior to online journalism, people relied on receiving their news and content through only print and broadcast media, but now people search for their news on websites, social media,…

When it comes to consuming news, I have a couple different sites and sources I get information from. At the national and international level, I normally utilize social media sites to give me that information. X is my go-to site for news, although I have to be selective with what news I consume on that…