News on Social Media

1.     Where did you first see it?  o   On Twitter, on my explore page.
2.     Who (or what) brought it to your attention?  o   The headline and the photo. I am very interested in music, and the violin in the headline was the first thing that caught my attention.
3.     Who created it?  Please give some background of the person/organization.  -King’s College Hospital in London, UK.  -https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/public/news/view/31290 -King’s College Hospital is one of the more well-known hospitals in the U.K. for treating brain tumors.  -The article was written by Karen Welsh, whose title at the College is Head of Communications
4.     Also try to compile links from the originating content to your eyeballs (and where you shared it, if applicable).  1.     https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/public/news/view/31290 is the website in the Twitter post linking to the King’s College website article giving the details of the situation. 2.     Explore page on Twitter 3.     King’s College shared the post on Twitter, which had gotten so many retweets and favorites that it was the first thing that popped up on my explore page.
5.  Would you share this post?  Why or why not.  ·      Yes, because it is a very interesting story and entirely factual, and originated from a primary source, the actual hospital where the brain surgery took place.
6.  But you really, really want to share this post.  What can you do?  ·      Retweet it with confidence.

1.     Where did you first see it?  o   On Facebook, shared by one of my mom’s friends that I am friends with on Facebook.
2.     Who (or what) brought it to your attention?  o   It was the only news story that was on my Facebook feed. I had to scroll through countless pictures of my friends at concerts, holding fish, and getting engaged.
3.     Who created it?  Please give some background of the person/organization.  1.     https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/missing-boy-police-need-your-help-in-locating-11-year-old-robert-hall?fbclid=IwAR1OLdQ8S9Y-oNeYRzpd4jnjnGczGKU7OW4LEJhvEEs8MXdu4qH8YKgQE2M 2.     Fox Baltimore: a division of Fox news serving the Baltimore area.  3.     Fox is a highly conservative news company, but because this story is not based in politics, it seems that the story is reliable and that the facts are true.
4.     Also try to compile links from the originating content to your eyeballs (and where you shared it, if applicable).  1.     Initial Site: https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/missing-boy-police-need-your-help-in-locating-11-year-old-robert-hall?fbclid=IwAR1OLdQ8S9Y-oNeYRzpd4jnjnGczGKU7OW4LEJhvEEs8MXdu4qH8YKgQE2M 2.     Fox Baltimore posted the story on their Facebook 3.     My mom’s friend shared the post to her timeline, which I then saw on my feed.
5.  Would you share this post?  Why or why not.  ·      I would not share this post because when I clicked on the link, the website had been updated and the child had been found.
6.  But you really, really want to share this post.  What can you do?  ·      Share it with the hope that a little bit more awareness could be brought to the subject of missing children.