–Hello Bloggies and Bloggettes!
I want to center this blog towards my younger audience today. When I was a freshman in college Twitter, Instagram, and especially Snapchat were really just starting to take over college campuses. Nowadays, it’s almost unheard of to come across a freshman without an online profile of some sort.
Now, you guys will learn I’m all for social media and the positives it can add to our lives, however I am also all for being “media literate” as well. Media literacy is something I wish they taught as an intro class for freshman, yes it’s that serious to me. For some young adults, college is their first true time on their own. No more parents checking behind them or monitoring their phones and media. Therefore it’s important for our new generational babies to know how to process this influx of freedom and media they now posses.
So, I’ve taken it upon myself to draft a few steps for you guys. Hopefully during your first year as you’re processing information you will remember these things:
- Vet your sources. Just because it is on the web, does not automatically validate the information.
- Research the same story via multiple outlets. Don’t just rely on one channel for your information, it could be based on bias.
- The internet does not define you. In your vulnerable minds, don’t let bodies behind a screen try and sway your opinion on any topic.
Don’t forget to propose my class idea to your advisors everywhere 🙂
–until next time,
Taylor's 