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• What are your primary sources of information (websites, news feeds, blogs, podcasts, newspaper, TV shows, social media, etc.)? How might these sources of information be filtering the content you see?
• In what ways do you notice your online activity influencing the content you are being shown? For instance, do you notice any connection between what you search for, or click on, and the search results you are shown in subsequent searches?
• Do you notice a particular viewpoint, perspective or set of beliefs being promoted in the content you see or does the content seemed to be balanced and representational of al viewpoints?
• If you use social media, what do you notice about the people, feeds, channels, accounts that you follow? What about the posts you choose to retweet, like, or favorite? How often doo any of these challenge what you think or believe and how often do they further reinforce your
opinions?
• In what ways might this content filtering influence your opinions on different topics and issues?
Part #2
Now that you have analyzed the ways technology might be filtering your content and perpetuating biases, I want you to develop a strategic plan to guard against the impact of this filtering. In your strategic plan be sure to consider the following:.
• What can you do to insure you get a broader array of search results when conducting keyword searches?
• How will you use your knowledge of how algorithms work to be a more informed consumer of online information?
• What can you do to expand your "filter bubble" to let more diverse thinking and perspectives into the bubble?