EOTO Reacts Post 2

    In class today four different groups presented multiple subjects. Group one talked about awareness, Eli P. talked about total awareness which was cameras and other surveillance systems put into place after 9/11 to better the society. This ultimately ruined people's trust in the government for the citizens thought their privacy was being breached so they said they removed it. They did not remove this system, all the government does is monitor your data and history from websites or anything you have accepted terms to. The third member called Trinity did the subject false flag, which is when the government takes action to do an action and blames it on someone else to use as an excuse to get away with something. An example of a false flag that Trinity posed is how 9/11 was organized as an excuse to invade Iran and Iraq. The fourth member, Lee M., talked about the Smith-Mundt Act, which was made to counter propaganda within the United States. This was made because the United States saw how propaganda was ruining economies over in Europe during World War II. Group three talked about theories, and the second member Kaitlyn Lee talked about the Third Person Effect which is a psychological and communication theory. The third member talked about agenda setting and gatekeeping. This theory is when the media focuses on a topic the public will see as important which works together to keep the viewer tied to their screen. The fifth member talked about the spiral of silence theory which is the fear of isolation or hate due to an opinion one has on a subject. This can be seen during the season of politics of hiding who they support. The fifth group talked about different types of policies, one of them being online censorship this is when the government pressures social media platforms to act to remove content that violates people's First Amendment rights. An example of this would be Hunter Biden's laptop which was searched illegally and they posted misinformation across news sources.