Maddie Levine-Wolf

Misinformation or another more like conservatively leaning broadcast or news channel, but like I'm only doing that for entertainment purposes, I'm probably not going to really let myself. hear what they're saying, because that challenges my own belief. So I feel like we're all guilty of it. But I think it's just it's a combination of so many different things.

Misinformation or another more like conservatively leaning broadcast or news channel, but like I'm only doing that for entertainment purposes, I'm probably not going to really let myself. hear what they're saying, because that challenges my own belief. So I feel like we're all guilty of it. But I think it's just it's a combination of so many different things.

It's hard to say what, you know, it's hard to say it's due to this one factor.

It's hard to say what, you know, it's hard to say it's due to this one factor.

Yeah. I mean, I think... Sorry, Stan, just to jump in. I think that's really interesting, Clarence. And I think you're totally right that... there's a lack of critical thinking right now.

Yeah. I mean, I think... Sorry, Stan, just to jump in. I think that's really interesting, Clarence. And I think you're totally right that... there's a lack of critical thinking right now.

And at the same time, it's like, well, if we're presented with news and information in a way that doesn't encourage critical thinking, it's not, you know, it's like, I don't necessarily blame people for not thinking past what they're presented with when like, that's the intention behind how it's presented. You know, like the way we get information doesn't really foster critical thinking.

And at the same time, it's like, well, if we're presented with news and information in a way that doesn't encourage critical thinking, it's not, you know, it's like, I don't necessarily blame people for not thinking past what they're presented with when like, that's the intention behind how it's presented. You know, like the way we get information doesn't really foster critical thinking.

So why, unless you're innately curious, which I hope everyone is, even though we know they're not like, why would you question what you're confronted with when it is presented in a way that's like, this is the truth.

So why, unless you're innately curious, which I hope everyone is, even though we know they're not like, why would you question what you're confronted with when it is presented in a way that's like, this is the truth.

That's so interesting because I didn't even think that many people still use Facebook. I mean, I do, but I'm weird in my millennial generation. I feel like most of my friends, if they have Facebook, they haven't opened it in months. So that's really surprising.

That's so interesting because I didn't even think that many people still use Facebook. I mean, I do, but I'm weird in my millennial generation. I feel like most of my friends, if they have Facebook, they haven't opened it in months. So that's really surprising.

That's the, I was just going to say, Stan, that's the other thing is that I feel like in social media, the way it's presented too is like,

That's the, I was just going to say, Stan, that's the other thing is that I feel like in social media, the way it's presented too is like,

it's like all you need to see is the title of the article and you are you know it hardens whatever you believe or the headline is contrary to what you think and so you scroll right past it you know what i mean like it's so i'm guilty of this too it's so easy just based on the headline to be like to you know that's all that you engage that's the

it's like all you need to see is the title of the article and you are you know it hardens whatever you believe or the headline is contrary to what you think and so you scroll right past it you know what i mean like it's so i'm guilty of this too it's so easy just based on the headline to be like to you know that's all that you engage that's the

That's your only engagement with that source of information, you know, is just from the headline. And that tells you everything you need to know.

That's your only engagement with that source of information, you know, is just from the headline. And that tells you everything you need to know.

um yeah that's an interesting question i i so one of the other things is that i don't like i don't have cable in my apartment and so i'm not you know i feel like when i'm at home with my parents they you know oftentimes will have like the nightly news on the morning news on just kind of like playing i don't have that because i don't have cable so i do

um yeah that's an interesting question i i so one of the other things is that i don't like i don't have cable in my apartment and so i'm not you know i feel like when i'm at home with my parents they you know oftentimes will have like the nightly news on the morning news on just kind of like playing i don't have that because i don't have cable so i do