Blog 2: How do you know what you know? Name one new thing you learned using a social media site today and explain why you believe it is true. What source did you use to acquire this information? At times, are social media sites reliable for obtaining credible information? 

          Today I learned that George Zimmerman is in the media again, this time for road rage. He is being accused of threatening another man's life. From this article, I've learned that this isn't the first time he's been accused of threatening somebody's life since the murder of Trayvon Martin. I learned this on FaceBook. It was one of their trending articles, and I clicked on it. With FaceBook recently, they will give you all of the articles they have found about the topic you've picked and list them all for you. In this case, there were many accounting the same information, many different sites and reporters. In this case, I believe that what I've read is true. Some of the sites weren't the most reliable looking, but all in all, they had the same information and it seemed that it was true. 

       I believe that social media can be reliable for credible information. If I wanted to look up a certain topic or news story that I heard about, social media probably wouldn't be my first choice in obtaining it, but it is where I learn a lot of new information. I usually take what I learn from social media and then do my own research to find out more. The same goes for all other social media, Twitter, Tumblr etc, they have their place. They are good outlets to get the original story out, but their goal isn't to get accurate information out, it's to get the most updated information out. It is helpful, for me, when something big or important happens, I see it on social media first, because it might take longer for me to get the information if it wasn't on social media. I think that goes for a lot of people. Social media helps get breaking news out quickly, to a large audience.