Robert Beyer-Bowden

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 Thinking back on our first guest lecture this week, I wonder how the dynamics of persuasion and communication change when it comes to the medical field. Are people more likely to be convinced by a message if it is about their health than if it were about something else?

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

@isabellae_xoxo That's interesting. For me, I think ads with good humor tend to be more interesting for me.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 We spent some time this week talking about the Central and Peripheral route. Would it be possible for someone to be undergoing both simultaneously? Could somebody both be scrutinizing the merits of information while being convinced by it's aesthetic qualities as well?

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

@abby11430 interesting question. Not sure there is one perfectly correct response. I personally believe that the principles you are raised on stay more or less the same forever, but you alter them slightly in your mind as you go through life. Others might have a different experience though.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 I read Tromble and McGregor and found a portion interesting. How do you combat misinformation on social media? Apparently, flagging posts doesn't help and actually makes things worse, so what can you do? Maybe these companies could somehow promote accurate information.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

@Monahdee1 This is the model that I wish was most representative of how media worked, but I'm not sure how much stock I would put in it. I think a more hands on approach might be necessary.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

Perhaps journalists look to social media to gauge public opinion and this informs their coverage, and this effects actual public opinion in some way, which might come back around and effect how people engage online. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 I read the first reading for this week and had some thoughts. I wonder how much the public of online spaces is representative of the wider national public. Perhaps they inform one another.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

@uwaghenckel @davalos I think some rules ought to exist for social media companies if they don't already. Facebook seems to own so much of the market, buying up Instagram and Snapchat. Something about that feels wrong. They have access to such a vast amount of data, something about that has to be bad.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 I read that Vox piece about the companies who own the media and was shocked by the numbers. I knew Disney was a huge company with it's hand in many pieces, but it blew my mind to know they have a 67% stake in Hulu. I feel like this has gone too far. Do you all agree?

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

perhaps some would disagree, thinking that light is the best disinfectant, but I just don't think that's true. I say lock up misinformation in a coffin 100 feet below the Earth, encased in cement, so it can no longer spread. I hope that kind of stuff never sees light at all.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 I read that Media for Democracy reading and found one of the positions interesting. Most people I think instinctually hate anything that even appears to stifle free speech, but I think the idea to ban those who spread misinformation is a great idea.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 The alarm and patrol system caught my eye this week. While I think it explains a lot, I'm wondering if it's really that simple, or if there are any exceptions. Can some coverage be both alarm and patrol?

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 I read the Vox article about the incident at the capital and found the statistic that only 69 people were arrested day of, while 427 were arrested during the BLM protests. This discrepancy is very strange and I wonder why it exists.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

@christinejmary I wonder how true this actually is. While I could see Americans generally agreeing on principles such as freedom and liberty, I feel like Americans are a lot more divided when it comes to actual policy.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 While it may be true that republicans and democrats agree on more than they disagree in a sort of general sense, I wonder what that really means. Perhaps Americans agree of principles, more or less, but I'm not sure if that extends to political issues.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 I find it interesting how not only are Americans very polarized, but they also do not even have the best grasp of how their political opponents think. You would think that people would hate each other because they understand their opponents views, but this isn't true.

[Robert Beyer-Bowden @BowdenBeyer]

#UWJ201 You always hear the addage "all coverage is good coverage", but from that last lecture, it seems like that isn't always correct. While it might be true that middling press is better than no press at all, Donald Trump's loss seems to prove that bad press is in fact bad.