👋 Announcements — UXA x Framer Portfolio Workshop!
Want to build a portfolio but don’t want to code or (let’s be real) vibe-code!? UXA and Framer Ambassadors are hosting an interactive workshop showing you how to leverage Framer for your UX design portfolio! First 20 get free boba + free Framer merch and snacks for all!
⏰ Fri Feb 20th, 3-4PM
📍 NSH 3305 (near Hunan)
🤔 Should I Believe What I See? : r/medialiteracy
Written & edited by: 🐸 Clarise Liu
AI-generated content feels like an upward battle between authenticity and ‘slop’. But building media literacy, learning to spot AI-generated content, and designing platforms that incentivize accuracy are tools already within our reach.
🙀 Fearmongering: Selling Fear in the Digital Age
Written & edited by: 😛 Helen Fu
From exploding trees to toilet paper hoarding, the digital age has heralded an increased rate of fearmongering, “the action of intentionally trying to make people afraid of something when this is not necessary or reasonable”.
🗣️ Props to Propaganda: Winning Elections & Social Influence
Written & edited by: 😈 Niki Wang
The rise of Facebook allowed politicians to reach widespread audiences with targeted adverts infused with propaganda. Now with AI’s image generation capabilities, twisting rhetoric into radicalization has never been easier.
🤔 Who’s behind the scenes?
The editors behind this week’s issue are 😛 Helen Fu, 🐸 Clarise Liu, 😈 Niki Wang, and 🦑 Kaitlyn Ng
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