Presenters: Eric Leake (Texas State University), Sean Rose (Texas State University), Cooper Day (University of Louisville), and Kate Howard (Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting) This was an excellent panel, addressing media literacy and civic responsibility and giving ample ideas about “fake news,” source evaluation, and political bias in the classroom. As post-truth rhetoric, false stories like “Pizza Gate,” and attacks on the press have amplified media literacy’s importance, this panel proved especially helpful. Eric Leake, “The Multiple Lives of News Stories” After a brief introduction, panel chair Eric Leake delivered his presentation, “The Multiple Lives of News Stories,” based on…
Author: Brett Keegan
Brett Keegan
A PhD candidate in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric at Syracuse University, my current research interests center on questions of authorship and circulation. Current projects include work with game studies and fanfiction.
Though I’ve been teaching students about filter bubbles for a few years now, the topic has gained visibility after the election. SNL had its skit poking fun at “The Bubble” of progressives escaping the election’s reality, and The Wall Street Journal’s Red Feed, Blue Feed simulates the polarization of our political spectrum through model feeds. Pariser’s term-coining book came out almost six years ago, but in the current political climate, filter bubbles warrant renewed attention. In this post, then, I want to describe how I’ve started discussing filter bubbles after the election, focusing on a particular activity from my research…