Mary Lynne

Global citizen, eternal optimist, avid bruncher 🍳🥂 @McGillU Political Science & Comms | She/Her | Writing for #CCOM315

[Mary Lynne @MaryLynneCCOM]

@mayaelle10 Great point and I’ve been thinking of this lately too! An affordance of Instagram is the “react” button to stories. I’ve had entire convos because someone’s reacted to my story or I’ve reacted to theirs but we wouldn’t comment on these things irl

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@OwenAmmann Yes, that's definitely possible! I think more research needs to be done on the usage of digital technologies and their effects on cognition and behavioural outcomes

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A lot of people stated that our attention span is decreasing over time and I agree. I’ve found myself multitasking so much that it’s become hard to sit down and focus on a single task #FutureOfWriting #ccom315

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@isabellavalla02 I definitely have! I’ve started tracking how much time I spend on my phone every day and I think it’s helped me be more conscious of what apps I should try to use less

[☁️ ᴉʅɥsɐ @swiftinspires]

Swifties at midnight

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The feeling of "always being on" has been heightened during the pandemic. I've had trouble switching off because digital technology has been a primary way to keep in touch with some people and feel close to them #315slides #ccom315

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My main takeaway from the Wikipedia challenge is how easy it is to make edits! If I see a typo in the future, I’ll know how to edit it and that’s an empowering skill to have. #ccom315 #315wikichallenge

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I think one of Wikipedia’s selling points is its accessibility. Instead of the convoluted and difficult to understand language from academic articles, Wikipedia articles are generally clear and simply written. #315slides #ccom315

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Wikipedia is a really helpful starting point when I want to find out basic facts about something but I usually don’t stop there and look to other places and news articles for further information #315slides

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@maya_rinaldi The footnotes are so helpful! I’ve found some good sources through them for assignments

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Taylor Swift singlehandedly getting me through this pandemic with her constant song releases 🥺❤️

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

You All Over Me (feat. @MarenMorris) (From The Vault) and Love Story (Taylor’s Version) - Elvira Remix are out now because in this house we dance and cry at the SAME TIME 💛😭💃

https://t.co/LypMvvtRtZ

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This is probably my favourite article I've written bc it's about a topic I'm extremely passionate about and I was able to interview the amazing @ISoyege #ccom315 #315openletter https://t.co/r82WHuMmUP

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@_zenyg Really powerful piece, so glad you wrote about this! ❤️

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@mayaelle10 It’s so heartbreaking :( I see light at the end of the tunnel with vaccine rollouts but some people aren’t listening to scientific and medical experts

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This week, I’ll be calling on Canadian political parties to nominate more women as candidates in my open letter 🇨🇦 #315pitches

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Both can be damaging for democracy - if the public isn’t able to access accurate information, it won’t be empowered to make informed decisions and hold the gov to account (3/3) #315fakenews

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I haven’t reflected tons on the difference between misinformation and disinformation but the distinction is important (1/3)

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While both are damaging, disinformation involves a more coordinated plan, for instance, state-sponsored media creating a false narrative about an opposition party (2/3)

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I try to read articles on different sides of the spectrum and I’ve found it fascinating to see how the same news story can be reported in such different ways (3/3) #315fakenews

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I’m definitely aware that my more left leaning views may cause me to make assumptions about news headlines + current events (1/3)

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To counter this, I have an app @Ground_app which displays news articles and shows where they fall on the political spectrum (2/3)