The first step to improving your information feed is to understand what sources of information make up your feed.
Consider how you engage with news sources for instance. Do you go to specific publications? Do you get your news through some sort of an aggregator (e.g. Google News, social media).
In either of these cases, your news is being filtered through some sort of biases--whether that be your own preferences for sources or an algorithm deciding what news is relevant for you to see.
View the embedded video and complete the newsfeed inventory to better understand and improve your news diet.
Media Bias Charts capture the political slant and level of credibility of news sources
Check out the article below by Jake Sheridan on Poynter about the reliability of media bias charts.
The Information Diet by
This is a softcover version of the title released in 2011; there is no new material. The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. Just as we have grown morbidly obese on sugar, fat, and flour--so, too, have we become gluttons for texts, instant messages, emails, RSS feeds, downloads, videos, status updates, and tweets. We're all battling a storm of distractions, buffeted with notifications and tempted by tasty tidbits of information. And just as too much junk food can lead to obesity, too much junk information can lead to cluelessness. The Information Diet shows you how to thrive in this information glut--what to look for, what to avoid, and how to be selective. In the process, author Clay Johnson explains the role information has played throughout history, and why following his prescribed diet is essential for everyone who strives to be smart, productive, and sane. In The Information Diet, you will: Discover why eminent scholars are worried about our state of attention and general intelligence Examine how today's media--Big Info--give us exactly what we want: content that confirms our beliefs Learn to take steps to develop data literacy, attention fitness, and a healthy sense of humor Become engaged in the economics of information by learning how to reward good information providers Just like a normal, healthy food diet, The Information Diet is not about consuming less--it's about finding a healthy balance that works for you
RSS feeds are tools aggregates content from websites. They enable you to customize the news sources and websites that come into the RSS feed.
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