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Today in class we had presentations about the different factors of how communication impacts our lives. The topic that I was most fascinated with was the Illusory Truth Effect. The illusory truth effect is when things/words that are repeated are more accepted and believed to be true. The presenters claimed the repetition of things make them seem easier to understand and safer to trust. I believe that this is true because in this age of media, we're fed information all the time and we believe  almost 75% of the information that we repeatedly see on social media, blog posts, etc. is true. The video when Maddow is contuiuously taking about Russia; talking about Putin and it's effect on America and we truly believe that Russia is a threat.  Stuff like this is also an example of propaganda. When I was in elementary we didn't get much education on what to believe in the media because the internet was just on the rise and people didn't know the dangers/backlash of media. My cousin works in an elementary school in NY and she tells me that they're told to stress to the students about the dangers of the internet that they could be easily pulled into at a young age. Things such as violence, cyber bullying and believing everything that they see. Hopefully, the next generation will be more equipped when it comes to the illusory truth effect and they won't clench on to an idea that they see on the internet until they do some research first.

False Flag

A false flag is a covert political/military operation carried out to appear as if it was undertaken by another party. This operation is usually targeting their own forces/people while pretending to be someone else. False Flag is one of the highest bases of the conspiracy world and we see a lot of it on social media. The most prevalent false flag that you would be aware of is "Bush did 9/11". There's allegations that the CIA met with Bin Laden 2 months before 9/11 and it was all a ploy to get the PATRIOT act in motion. Note: I don't believe these allegations and it's nuts for anyone to believe such claims but this is the topic that I chose for the presentation. A false flag that really happened was when the nazis attacked their own people and blamed it on Poland so the citizens would justify the Nazi's plan to invade Poland. When governments do this it's to justify their goals or to get the country to deem an opposing country as evil through misrepresentations. It all boils down to the idea that the government is the puppet master behind everything that goes on in our society, good or bad.

My online presence

Besides my social media, my digital footprint doesn't lead that far. I can be found by my track records  (which are kept online) and that's about it. Besides Facebook, most of my social media accounts are in different names, the only one that I would say is completely anonymous is my Youtube account (and even that has my initials in the title). I pretend as if it would be difficult for people to realize that it's me but all of the accounts are linked to my gmail so it would be easy for any big name company to track down all of the sites that i'm linked to if they had to. The stuff i post on social media is mainly fashion based, i never really post myself at a party (unless i'm wearing an outfit I like) and I definitely never post myself drinking or doing any other things. My parents told me when I was 16 "If you wouldn't show a post that you posted to your grandma, then don't post it." And i've carried that with me ever since. Most young adults know the do's and don'ts of social media/the internet and don't do stupid stuff like hand out their password, post inappropriate pictures or click on sketchy ads that lead to viruses. I wouldn't be surprised that in elementary school, they're educating kids on the dangers of the internet and how to handle themselves when they get on it.