Topic - My topic will be about the impact of Social Media on Political Polarization. My goal with this topic will be to express and describe how social media has played a role in a diaspora from centrist political views to two collections of extreme viewpoints.

1. Research Plan - 

I will be using a Pew Research Study that looked at what opinions are expressed by people who use social media as their primary news source. 

1. https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/07/30/demographics-of-americans-who-get-most-of-their-political-news-from-social-media/

I also have an academic article that discusses the ability of the social media’s filter to provide content and the role that plays in polarization.

1. https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-024-00679-3

A report from an official social media literacy organization that describes the difficulty in distinguishing credible news sources and misinformation.

1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10606871/

1. Design Plan - The infographic will have multiple sections that include a multitude of visuals. Some of the visuals that will be on the graphic will be charts showing the increase of social media for news. I can also have maps that illustrate the dispersion towards extreme viewpoints politically. I also plan to use multiple icons or examples.

2. Tools and Techniques - The tools used will be a consistent typography, a visual hierarchy of how the reader should navigate the graphic. I will likely use Canva as that is the graphic device I’m most familiar with.