About one year ago a terrorist attack occurred during the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and about 264 were injured. During this chaotic mess how were people receiving news? Was it all true or was it falsified information?
Brooke Gladstone interviewed, Alex Goldman, he was listening to a police scanner and tweeting everything that he heard during the bombing. Alex said, “he made some mistakes…” Alex sent out false information, and that he wish he could have gone back and fixed his errors”. He did what he did because of the, “adrenaline rush”. (the interview with Alex)
We all get caught up in the “zing of authenticity”. The rush to find out new information that know one knows about. It’s definitely exciting to find out something new but, we need to watch what we say. Unfortunately only 20 percent of tweets during this horrendous event were reported to be true. Think about all of those people being mislead, and the different emotions that they had to deal with.
I don’t believe it is okay to give falsified information, talking about people's safety. I mean come on, people were dying. I don’t believe this is something to lie about. This was a terrorist attack it wasn’t a joke! (a moment of silence one year later)
If you are tweeting about something effecting an entire country. In my opinion if you aren’t completely sure about the information you better be hastanging #unconfirmed #rumor #notsure … I think it is sad knowing that many people were so mislead, over and lied to about a tragic terrorist attack.
Benefits to the zing
- we can find out about news instantly
- it can be fun, and create new conversations
- it can keep us informed
Harms of the zing
- its can mislead people from the truth
- example, Boston Marathon bombing
- it potentially could cause wars, and riots.
The “zing” potentially can bring joy to us. It can be exciting, knowing something new! But the true question is it true? Could what you tweet potentially hurt someone? Is posting something false worth it? That is up to you! It is up to you to decide if that post is worth it. I hope everyone out there, can put on their critical thinking caps. This falsified information is destroying our world! What are you putting out there is it worth it?
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