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A World of Feelings, Not Facts 7/10

Donna Miller Fry1 Comment on A World of Feelings, Not Facts 7/10algorithm, cbc Ideas, Facebook, fact, Hossein Derakhshan, post-truth, social media, video

In our online world, increasingly dominated by social media, feelings are more important than facts. This is the assertion of Hossein Derakhshan, an idea that I first encountered on Screened Off: The Dangers of the Insular Web. As an online teacher, I always considered video to be an excellent tool to engage learners.  But do we […]

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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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