AdvertisementAdvertisementThe past six days on social media have been a heartbreaking and deeply disturbing experience.
"Trying to explain the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in one picture is almost like a Second City sketch.
Before social media, conversations like this would typically happen over coffee or at the workplace — likely still with some disagreement.
But many social media users fall victim to misinformation, which has spread like wildfire even in the first week of this war.
Dagnes said that just by virtue of posting something, anyone can be an expert to social media users — never mind that person's actual qualifications or life experience.
Persons:
—, Alison Dagnes, It's, Dagnes, Ken Paulson, they're, Mohammed Abed, Charlie Warzel, Rachel E, Greenspan, Tweeting, Paulson
Organizations:
Service, Free, Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Getty, MSNBC, Instagram
Locations:
Israel, Gaza, al, Karama, Gaza City, AFP