Below are two social media posts that give incite on positions or present new information regarding a current Debate within my Discipline. Both posts can be found on Twitter and I will be answering presented questions to confirm reliability and relevance.
Post I
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| "@NeuroscienceNew" Tweet. Lewis, Brandon. Screenshot: 9/5/2015 |
The Neuroscience News is an official Twitter feed that presents new information regarding brain research, jobs within Neurology, neuroscience forums, and student resources regarding the field. It is based in Houston, Texas and has its own website, neurosciencenews.com. All of its links lead me to conclude that this is a well known database for neurosciences and doctors.
Location:
The organization is directly involved with the debate as they are reporting at the actual laboratory where the discovery was made. However, they are not involved directly with the issue, only reporting the findings in relation to the debate.
Network:
The organization can be found on all levels of media, from Facebook to Google+, and is an accredited news agency within the medical world.
Content:
The content is a news coverage style post with links to the article on the organization's webpage, as well as reference to the laboratory that made the announcement. Overall, nothing opinionated or unsupported factual wise.
Age:
The post was made on August 17, 2015 making it a recent and more factually updated post with information current to the issue. As for the site, the last post or update was 24 hours ago.
Reliability:
I believe that this is a reliable post and information outlet because of it accreditation with other research groups, links to its editorial staff to allow readers to search the author's background, as well as a number of links to there cited references.
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| "@neurosocialself" Tweet Lewis, Brandon. Screenshot: 9/5/2015 |
Credibility:
The author of this post is an online organization that posts links to contemporary essays, videos, and recent news articles written by either sociologists, psychologists, neurologists, or geneticists. It is a Twitter only page that does not have other means to access its articles. Presents links to other works. Fairly credible as it only posts links to other credible news sources, and does not make opinionated remarks on the issue.
Location:
The tweet page is based in Sydney, Australia. Has access to media outlets to post there article link tweets.
Network:
The page has references to other twitter based sociology- medical based webpages, but it unclear whether or not those pages support or recognize the twitter page as a credible outlet for news. The page has no other outlets- social media wise- to access it. However, more than 1400 people follow the page.
Content:
All content are links to other essays or research news coverage. The page act as as a form of median to genetic and neurology news updates. Overall, nothing opinionated or unsupported factual wise.
Age:
The post was made on September 5, 2015 making it the most recent and factually updated post of the two presented within this blog. The information is the most recent and current with the ongoing debate.
Reliability:
I believe that this is the most reliable post and information resource because of its use of links to relevant research groups, links to its editorial staff to allow readers to search the author's background, as well as a number of links to there cited references. Plus all of its link authors are longtime doctors and members of the medical community.
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