My name is Katy Parisi, and I am a double major in Political Science and Strategic Communications with a minor in Public and Professional Writing at High Point University. I hope to one day attend law school and own my own law firm. Throughout my life, I was a competitive gymnast and cheerleader and won the biggest competition in the cheerleading world, NCA nationals in Dallas, Texas. From my experiences in the sport, I learned dedication, grit, and leadership. Something interesting about myself is that I am a vegan, and I actually love vegetables.
What are we learning if our ideas are only being reinforced? A problem that many Americans have is that they think they are more educated on a topic than they really are. Freedom of the press relates to social media in the way that it gives people an outlet to create user-generated content and allow for their own voice to be heard. But the problem begins when people use their echo-chamber social media as their only news source. An echo-chamber, defined by The Oxford Dictionary in the video below, is an environment where a person only encounters information or opinions that reflect and reinforce their own. A digital echo-chamber is formed because social media users tend to only follow and like posts of people whose opinions agree with them. For example, if someone was a liberal and voted Democrat in most elections, a lot of their friends and followers on social media probably align with their views. Because of that their ideas are not being challenged, onl...

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