IDM yr 1

For me personally, the rewrite experience was extremely beneficial and my blog is of a much higher standard now. The feedback I received was incredibly helpful, I was advised to use more quotations and sources and to add more structure to my entry. I incorporated both of these into my rewrite. I added direct citations from the text, this not only added more credibility to my blog but also helped me cut down on long-winded explanations of points that an interviewee made. I also added structure to my blog. I added an introduction and a closing, I also separated my points into different paragraphs. This massively impacted the blog, it is easier to follow and looks better at first glance. While splitting up my points it also helped me cut out any useless information that didn't fit with my main points.  I found the peer review very helpful and will most definitely utilise the advise when writing future blog entries. 

 The three texts I was presented with this week were very engaging and informative. Out of the two opinion pieces and one journal, I enjoyed reading and retained the most information from the journal article; 'Perceptions of bias, and interpretation of news.' I initially deemed the piece as daunting due to its length and initial, difficult-to-digest language. However, this worry turned to interest as they discussed the psychology of digital literacy and the interviewee's personal opinions on their own biases; their 'trust in news, bias in news stories, and personal worldviews.' They discuss selective exposure, a topic that was always piqued my interest but I have never read up on so I was interested to read about it. We often indulge in the idea that everyone is on the 'same side of the internet',' that we are all being fed the same political media, this is incredibly untrue and we learn more about that fact in this journal. We see news and opinions that...