DV and Mass Media

     For this week I wanted to look into the recent debacle regarding the J&J vaccine over the past two weeks. If you have not heard, the J&J covid vaccine were halted due to a number of cases that caused blood clots, which was all women if I am correct. This issue created a lot of talk around social media about how safe these covid vaccines really are, and that is okay. However, this weeks article points out the issues that this J&J covid vaccine caused on social media once the news of it being halted came out. This weeks article goes over how there was a massive conspiracy theory posted about the J&J vaccine onto the popular social media site Facebook. This conspiracy theory was posted by an account called Anomaly that describes how the pandemic is a government project designed for civilian control. If this sounds familiar, its because it is a massive aspect of the Q-anon conspiracy theory that is still being widely talked about (this theory is dwindling...

   This weeks topic is a very interesting one indeed. This weeks article looks at the news regarding the recently leaked video of CNN technical director Charlie Chester revealing damning information about CNN and how they handled the presidency of Donald Trump. If you have not seen the video, I will break it down for you and I will also try to provide a link to the video if I am able to find it. Essentially, an undercover video of Charlie Chester showed the man himself admitting that the major news network CNN was creating false narratives about Donald Trump with the hopes of causing him to lose his run during the 2020 Presidential campaign against Joe Biden. Charlie Chester goes on to state that "fear sells" and that that is one of the main reasons they promoted false stories about the health of Donald Trump and much more. I have also provided an article that looks further into this groundbreaking story that just happened a few days ago.  Regardless of what side of the p...

This weeks article looks into a recent issue that has popped up on social media sites, which is the premature posting of ones Covid-19 vaccination cards. The reason that this issue is such a big deal is because it can make individuals more susceptible to identification fraud since the vaccination cards themselves contain the individuals name, date of birth, as well as the individuals immunization chart. Of course citizens receiving their vaccinations should be excited and happy that this is our first true step towards being back at regular life, however it is never a good idea to post ones personal info on the internet (especially social media) where millions of potential individuals can see your personal information.  Hopefully no one reading this post has committed this dangerous act and I encourage anyone who has received their vaccination cards to keep it private! Source: Graff, Amy. “Why Not to Post a Photo of Your Vaccine Card in Social Media.” SFGATE , SFGATE, 9 Apr. 2021, w...