Tag: Canadaland

Popular, or Important? 8/10

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Popular, or Important? 8/10Buzzfeed, Canadaland, cbc Ideas, Digital Literacies, Henry Giroux, Hossein Derakhshan, information literacy

People LIKE fake news better. It’s hard to argue with that.  And if you are going to click and share it, Facebook is feeding you even more of it, because as long as you are sharing and liking it, they are making money. With the invention of the cell phone, we have left behind the […]

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Where Truth Gets Eyeballs

Donna Miller Fry1 Comment on Where Truth Gets EyeballsBarack Obama, belief, Bill Maher, Canadaland, confirmation bias, critical thinking, digital, Digital Literacies, fact, Jesse Brown, media

We all know carbon dating has been disproven.  Homosexuality is a choice.  Climate change is a hoax. Hillary is a criminal. Everyone should carry a gun for protection. All of these statements have been treated as facts in the media over the past few weeks, in preparation for USA to go to the polls. And […]

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