Cody Sondgeroth

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@Samuel02591095 #UWJ201 #314 I also use an ad-blocker, but the advertisement selling companies (eg Google) are getting more clever about how they deliver ads. They are doing this is through not showing content if ads are blocked or embedding the ads in the stream so they can't be blocked

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@SamanthaUptain #UWJ201 #314 I have personally never bought something based on them having a catchy slogan, however that could, possibly, be due to me crediting something else incorrectly for my purchase decision. I personally try to avoid those products, just because of the annoyance of slogans

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

#UWJ201 #314 The Economist article for this week about the BMW advertisement on WeChat bruising people's egos who didn't get the ad was quite odd to me. Do people actually care about what ads they receive enough to talk to other people about them and get a bruised ego from those?

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

#UWJ201 #314 The 3rd article for this week ("Your online attention, bought in an instant") proposed that the increasing tracking of internet users for the purpose of advertising could be used to create separate "classes" of internet users. How likely do you think this is?

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@LauraSlusser3 #UWJ201 #314 From the perspective of a consumer, that should be quite concerning as that may imply that other things that you trust for information (news, reviews, etc) may actually be ads. From the perspective of marketers that would be something to re-create for the same reason

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@RuzickaTheo #UWJ201 #314 I personally find the increasing tracking of users for the purpose of advertising to be quite worrying for privacy reasons and for its potential implications, such as how it will be used in the future (will the data be used to separate people, etc)

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

One example that comes to mind for me is the use of posts and comments on WallStreetBets during the GameStop stock price spike. These posts were used, in some cases and especially by CNBC, to paint WSB in a very negative light, deserved or not

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

#UWJ201 #314 Given McGregor's article, social media is increasingly being used by journalists as a way to represent public opinion. What stories do you remember reading that used social media in this way and what was the effect of that?

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@audrey_t02 #UWJ201 #314 I think (and hope) that a majority of journalists do follow that approach or something else to achieve the same goal, since their job would probably be in danger if they did not (at least at the main, OTA networks)

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@MasonWaas #UWJ201 #314 In my opinion, social media is a rather poor measure of public opinion on anything, simply because using it as such would expand the influence of the loudest individuals as well as the people who don't use social media, as you said.

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@bellaaferraro If you are continually exposed to those controversial posts and continually disagree with them, you may begin to distrust other people for holding a different opinion.

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@bellaaferraro #UWJ201 #314 People posting what they think will get them the most attention, as Kaitlyn said, is likely a portion of the cause. Another portion would probably be on the social media platforms pushing posts that you are likely to engage with, which may well be the controversial

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

By this feedback loop, I mean that the initial coverage makes the audience start to believe that something is important (eg negative coverage or polls), which then makes the news cover those topics more. The increase in coverage increases the perceived importance, and so forth

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

#UWJ201 #314 In lecture on Monday, we covered the idea that horse race coverage is exceedingly popular in the media as is negative coverage. Is it possible that the reason for this is a sort of agenda setting feedback loop?

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@CullenJacklyn #UWJ201 #314 There are probably several reasons for this including how easy that coverage is to make and for audiences to process. Also, the agenda setting effect of the other outlets putting out horse race coverage might mean that audiences want that coverage

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@t8anderson99 #UWJ201 #314 It isn't particularly surprising to me, given the culture of the internet's underbelly (eg 4chan). That being said, I had hoped that it would be better than it was and I do hope that it will be better in the future.

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@ally_mcneive #UWJ201 #314 For me, accuracy has to be the most important, as, without that, the information is basically useless. A lack of balance, putting profits over stories, or not separating out the editorial side can be overcome on the reader's side somewhat, but inaccuracy can't

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#UWJ201 #314 It was quite interesting that, of the stories in the Strieff article, I only knew one of them. Why would this be? Is it due to the history education I have or is it just because the stories themselves aren't viewed as important to history classes but the events are?

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@kahn_maggie #UWJ201 #314 The use of several sources may help slightly, but much more important, in my opinion, is the factuality of the reporting, particularly of the most viewed segments. Maintaining factuality should help reduce the effect of the filtering

[Cody Sondgeroth @SondgerothCody]

@kymcoolidge1 #UWJ201 #314 My guess (which I have evidence for) is that both groups feel that they are ignored for policy making decisions and/or that the system as it stands currently is working against them.