Findings - Internet

If speculation, horrific stories and grotesque images were the fuel that whipped the viewing public into a Zombie



Apocalypse panic that Summer of 2012, then the Internet was the fuel tank. A simple search for "Bath Salt Zombie" will result in hundereds of pages discussing the tragedy of Ronald Papo and Rudy Eugne, but there are deep impacts to the hyping these sorts of stories. If the same search on CNN's website returns many stories of cannibalistic attacks, none of which had anything to do with bath salts, what does that mean for the average public. When professional journalists link the Cannibalism and Zombies with a domestic drug issues that is on the rise what sort of conclusions might the average blogger make. It is easy to understand the idea that summer was the start of the zombie apocalypse for some. Just another example of why media literacy is so incredibly important in today's society. Still what is the average person supposed to think when even trusted news sources are touting that people across the country are turning into to flesh hungry monsters?