Said topic, if you don't recall, highlights the controversy behind the genetic modifications of human embryos by Chinese scientists. Earlier this year, an experiment was conducted to test for the survivability of human embryos that were modified to turn off a gene that would cause a disease in the offspring.
A worldwide debate has sparked since then on whether this process was ethical. Here are two social media sources that I have found talking about these events:
Social Media Source #1
The video, or more like a sound clip, above was taken from YouTube. The YouTube user DAHBOO777 shares his opinion on the controversy of genetically modifying embryos.
From DAHBOO777's profil on YouTube, I found that he discusses hundreds of topics found all over the news media. He runs his own website, undergroundworldnews.com. He has just under 100,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel and has over 30,000,000 views to his videos and profile as a whole.
Credibility
Although this guy seems like a legitimate source for your daily news, he expresses his opinions on his topics tremendously. His videos are one-sided and argue for that side. Some commenters on his page note that he blocks users that disagree with his views. DAHBOO777 is not a credible source at all, although he claims to deliver the truth that the local media outlets won't show viewers.
Location
His tweets on Twitter and his posts to his YouTube channel vary greatly as he pools his information from possibly hundreds of different news sources to gather what he calls "news." He covers events from the US as well as across the world, just depending on whats trending at the time.
Network
He manages, runs and airs in his own videos on all his social media sources. He runs his own news website called Underground World News. As stated previously he has nearly 100,000 YouTube subscribers; he also has over 7,000 followers on Twitter and over 12,000 likes on his website's Facebook page.
Content
The information presented by DAHBOO777 can indeed be corroborated from other sources. He heavily relies on information from other media outlets to conduct his discussions on the topics reported by other sources.
Contextual Updates
He does not post regularly on the topic of human embryo modifications. He generally posts about daily news and whats trending on all social media sites. He bases his claims off of Twitter, Facebook, news and media outlets, and most likely other sources.
Age
His YouTube channel, the one that posted this video, was created in 2013. His Twitter account has been active for the same amount of time as well, since May 2013. The Facebook page for his website was launched even before his Twitter, possibly a few months prior.
Reliability
This source is not reliable. His posts on all his media location are based off of personal opinion. He does not present either side of a debate or controversy at any point in any of his videos or postings. Many of his followers have even commented disregarding him as a formidable source of actual news.
Social Media Source #2
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| Screenshot taken from Twitter. "What's Wrong with Designer Genes?" July 21, 2015 via Jon Bloom. |
Jon Bloom is the author of Not By Sight (2013) and Things Not Seen (2015). He also is the chair and co-founder of the organization Desiring God. He links the organizations website on his Twitter profile, desiringGod.org. The group's Twitter account has over 330,000 followers and posts regularly.
Credibility
Bloom tweets his organization's article on altering the genetic coding of humans. He is well followed on Twitter and likewise for his organization's account. However, we know by context that all opinions will be based on religion. The labeling of credibility for Bloom can sway either way - whether you're a follower of God or not.
Location
Looking off of Bloom's Twitter profile we can deduce that he is currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The organization, Desiring God, is also based in the same city. Their location does not matter in the sense that they tweet about anything of their faith. It is probably that they could be directly involved in the process of genetic modification - possibly through opposition like public argument or petitions.
Network
Bloom is an extension of Desiring God. Both are followed by believers in God on their Twitter accounts. Followers include pastors, school administrators, actors and actresses, sports coaches, and many others who have faith in the Lord.
Content and Contextual Updates
The content presented on Bloom's Twitter or the organization's are based from news outlets. The news that Chinese scientists genetically modified human embryos and the journalists at Desiring God published an article with argument against it. They derived their topic from other sources and added their opinions.
Age
The launching of Desiring God's Twitter account came several months before Bloom created his in March of 2009. Since then Bloom has accumulated over 8,500 followers and amassed nearly 5,000 tweets. As for the organization, it has tweeted some 16,000 times since its launch.
Reliability
Both sources are very reliable if the criteria were set for info based on a religion standpoint. For those who don't agree with the faith, then this is a different story. The article does in fact included a sided argument against the modification of human embryos. These sources can be labeled as reliable but not at all credible.
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