One of the readings this week discussed crisis communications with brands like Pepsi, KFC, etc., do these smaller, less serious crisis communications overshadow more serious ones like the Johnson & Johnson tylenol poisoning/tampering? #UWJ201 #318

In monday’s lecture, we discussed how persuasion changes attitude successfully when transmitted effectively and influenced behavior in an expected way. What demographics, groups of people, political parties are least likely to succumb to persuasion? #UWJ201 #318

The 3rd reading this week discusses how we turn to anger in times of tragedy because it gives us a sense of control/certainty rather than grief, and these feelings spark from assigning blame. Which conspiracy theories reflect this concept the most? #UWJ201 #318

The readings discussed us being biased versus the media being biased. I personally believe it’s a mix of both but to what ratio is one more biased than the other or is it 50:50? #UWJ201 #318

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Regarding the first week of this week, as our newer generations increasingly use social media as a news source, are the majority of younger generations going to fall victim to misinformation or a lack of it? #UWJ201 #318

The article by Kriess suggests that the U.S. citizen polarization (neg. feelings towards opposing party members) leads to loss of political accountability. Which political leaders do we fail to hold accountable? #UWJ201 #318

In Monday’s lecture, Pro Wag discussed how liberals prefer pleasant imagery more than conservatives who prefer unpleasant imagery more than liberals. Does this make liberals or conservatives more prone to experiencing mean world syndrome? #UWJ201 #318

In reading #2, the second most influential journalism piece was about Harvey Weinstein’s misdemeanors and this article from The New Yorker, 2017, influenced the Me Too movement. Has journalism/reporting decreased in its effectiveness to impact an audience since then? #UWJ201 #318

In lecture, Professor Wagner discussed how we used to live in a broadcast democracy but now live in a post broadcast democracy and this post broadcast democracy led to a decrease in political literacy. Will the amount of people educated in politics disappear at some point in the future? #UWJ201 #318

The readings for week 2 discussed the use of cookies and how our data/digital footprint is mined through them. When websites don’t provide an “opt out of/deny cookies” option, does that violate consumer privacy laws that protect our data? #UWJ201 #318