Propaganda

     I have always been interested in propaganda. I've had knowledge about propaganda since high school.  Seeing the benefits of propaganda has given me a better understanding.  Propaganda is a form of communication that communicates a common message an audience can pick up on.  The message can be calling a person to action which can be bias.  Propaganda wouldn't have a purpose if there were no bias involved. In WW1 propaganda called people to action and brought them together to fight.  People could perceive calling people to action to fight is wrong, but the United States needed people to be unified during that time period.  The main aspect of propaganda I found interesting is the persuasive techniques that engage the audience.  Vibrant colors, not many words, and a short quote are aspects included in propaganda.

    Propaganda today targets emotions, but with more technology than just a sign.  Companies try to guilt trip people into making decisions by showing sensory imagery.  When people see a dog in a cage, or see kid crying, they will want to make a donation towards the foundation.  Emotional decisions are never the best decisions.  They are made almost immediately, and people end up regretting the money they have spent on an item.  People will continue to purchase items based on emotions.  Certain people are careful when seeing an ad, while the other half of the population can't last without emotional purchases.  

Age of A.I

     Personally, I didn't have much knowledge of A.I before watching this video.  Seeing how A.I. is involved in everything completely surprised me.  Automated systems have been appearing in factories to replace people.  The problem is poor people are losing their jobs to machines.  The rich people keep on investing in the machinery, and they get rich as the result.  Another issue with A.I. is the machines are smart enough to learn more information quickly.  It could make predictions or base an answer based off information learned from the internet.  It can be scary to think about how A.I may be smarter than a human.  People must be cautious because A.I has facial recognition technology.  A camera can recognize your face and log your exact location directly to the person who owns the technology.  The cameras pick up on people's movements and that is an invasion of their privacy.  The A.I. technology applies for the U.S. and China.  They slightly differ because China the people have less power.  In America citizens have more power in society so A.I. technology is hidden in most areas.  Privacy is one of the main concerns people have.

    A.I technologies can help a countries defense.  China uses A.I for their defense and enhancing weapon systems.  A.I can be a privacy issue but is crucial for developing drones.  The world is advancing due to all different types of A.I.  Identity theft is a main problem due to facial recognition, and online security.  Once you type in your information into any technology, it is on the internet forever.  A.I can use your pictures to personalize your ads to have items you have purchased.  When cookies are enabled, then your privacy completely disappears.  Cookies snatch all of the information and people need to decline the option to accept all cookies.  

Echo Chamber

     An echo chamber is essentially information that repeats itself from only 1 narrative.  Of course, this can lead to greater issues if someone is trying to receive an unbiased opinion.  Confirmation bias would be the result and would stop old beliefs from being challenged.  Echo chambers aren't always effective because there are so many different voices on social media.  When one person is voicing an opinion, you can simply scroll down on the page to find an alternative opinion.  There is a type of echo chamber that most may not know the name of.  A filter bubble is a type of echo chamber that tracks online information, and your searches are tracked.  This is a trap for all internet users, since they are distracted by items they want to buy.  With the internet revolutionizing, people need to be careful with what browser they are on.  To avoid an echo chamber, make sure to look at multiple sources of information.  For example, if you watch CNN and no other news network, you will only get a one-sided opinion.  Trap   

    Echo Chambers prevent people from hearing all sides of information, so many people are uninformed of both sides of a news story.  Knowing both sides is always important in order to establish an opinion.  The internet also filters out certain information regarding politics.  Essentially, echo chambers can lead to political polarization.  Political polarization is people being fixated to only one opinion and then draw conclusions.  People can end up misinterpreting a whole story if they don't have all the information.  Part of the problem is the search engines, like google, who filters out unwanted government information.  For people who are older they can be swayed easily if they are not in good health.  Most of the older population doesn't participate in current social media, so they could get complete lost looking through different apps.  Very young kids are affected greatly by social media because younger kids are being exposed to social media as time passes.  Teens to young adults are familiar with apps so they are usually based off of preference.  if someone were to like 1 Republican post on Tik Tok, it would end up leading to a full for you page of Republican posts.  Part of the issue with young teens is they don't want to hear both sides of the story.  When a story is told one way it is almost impossible to imagine that story changing.  Poor people may not have as much access to social media sources, so they may be greatly misinformed.  Rich people have all the access to any social media platform they want.  Therefore, it is easier for people to dig for information when they are aware of an echo chamber.  Echo chambers have affected me in a positive way.  I grew up watching Fox News and if I ever wanted to hear a second opinion, I could go to a different news station.  I believe Echo Chambers people see at a young age, lead to their future beliefs.