Hello! Wecolme to this week's installment of my blog. Today I read "Effectively and Efficiently Reading the Credibility of Online Sources" which is written by Ellen Carillo and Alice Horning. It was very interesting hearing Alice's story about the false COVID-19 practices that she forwarded to others. When I was younger I was someone who was too trusting and would believe anything I heard, but being on the internet has taught me a healthy level of skepticism that prevents me from making mistakes I would have in the past. Carillo states how "Disinformation involves maliciously spreading wrong information. Misinformation is incorrect information, but it is not spread with malicious intent". Unfortunately, there is a lot of both in any form of media now adays, and it is important be a critical reader to sift through the falsehoods. The authors discuss the idea of 'lateral reading' which involves looking at information outside of the source itself to evaulate the credibility of the source you started with. I think this is very good habit to get in to especially when writing a research paper. One step I would add myself is, if the topic you are reading about is discussed enough, to look at what other sources have to say on the matter because getting a consensus of information will expose the liars.