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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.