How can we improve the online space?
For my final project of Social and Communicative Aspects of the Internet and ICTs, I explored social media and its impact on the media. One of the key findings was that social media has created opportunities for the mass public to engage in news creation and distribution, hence improving information access. One problem here, however, is the issue with fake news - now that everyone can act as a journalist in the digital space, we are lacking the central system for fact-checking. Then how can we improve the quality of information that we see online? One way is to develop a course for online literacy - kids these days grow up using digital devices so we should improve online literacy education. Right now, when I google 'online literacy education,' the majority of search results are about the master's program for online literacy education, but we should not postpone this until people have already turned adults. If anything, online literacy education should start early s...
