Comm 1450-01
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Blog Post #12
Monday, March 22, 2021
Extra Blog Post
Blog Post #11
Write a post about what you learned from a different team.
Illusory Truth Effect
The illusory truth effect is a communication technique that explains why we believe things that are proven false. The effect occurs when we hear things repeated enough times that the information becomes more believable. When we hear something enough, the information becomes more and more cemented in our heads that it is true. This is how a lot of superstitions and wives' tales get passed down as well. You hear enough times that not wearing a jacket when it is raining will get you sick and, it no longer matters if it is true or not because you believe it.
This effect is particularly helpful for political campaigns. Sharing information and having more and more people take it as a fact can change how a candidate is viewed by the people. But it can also be dangerous. If enough people believe misinformation, it can be hard to correct that information. We have to be careful how we use this information if you are purposely spreading misinformation. There needs to be a level of understanding about the level of harm you could potentially cause and also the repercussions that can come from the information.
Communication techniques are all about selling things and sharing information. But you have to be careful about how you share the information. Being a communication professional means knowing how to maneuver all of the information and the techniques used to win people over. You want to share your information without hurt other people.
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Blog Post #9
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Blog Post #10
How to be a Jerk from home
- "Threatening interstate communications"
- "Conspiracy to retaliate against a witness, victim, or informant"
- "Conspiracy to commit access device fraud and unauthorized access of a protected computer"
- An accomplice may be found guilty of "conspiring to obstruct justice"
- In California, callers bear the "full cost" of the response which can range up to $10,000
But the big problem that is happening is the retaliation that lawmakers experience once they start introducing legislation to stop swatting and doxing. For example:
In 2011, California State Senator Ted Lieu wrote a bill that would increase penalties for swatting. His own family then became a victim of swatting when the bill was proposed. A dozen police officers, along with firefighters and paramedics surrounded his family home.
In 2015 a New Jersey State Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty announced a bill to increase sentences for hoax emergency calls and was then targeted by a hoax. The bill proposed prison sentences of up to ten years and fines of $150,000.
A 2015 bipartisan bill in Congress sponsored by Katherine Clark and Patrick Meehan made swatting a federal crime with increased penalties. Congresswoman Clark wrote an op-ed in The Hill saying that 2.5 million cases of cyberstalking between 2010 and 2013 had only resulted in 10 cases prosecuted, although a source for this was not provided. As revenge for the bill, an anonymous caller fraudulently called police to Rep. Clark's house on January 31, 2016.
Doxing
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=3b4e1d52-f4b8-4906-9481-4020c9b64bd8
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/what-is-doxing
https://dspace2.creighton.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10504/125944/CLR_53-1.pdf
Swatting
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Blog Post #8
The Rise and Fall of Vine
The Rise and Fall of Vine
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Blog Post #6 EOTO
Fax Machine
History
Disappearance
Blog Post #12
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