Evaluation of Social Media Sources

I didn't have a twitter before I started this blog post...now I do. College has already corrupted me. 

Anyway, here are two of the social media sources that I found that talk about censorship and trigger warnings on college campuses. 

Source 1

Screenshot taken by Boone-Roberts, Morgan on 9/2/15 via Twitter. 

Credibility: Mr. Aguilar's twitter is linked to what I assume is his blog. I also found his LinkedIn which says that he is the president of the Five Tool Group, an event transportation consulting company. Because of his career, he may rub shoulders with politicians that hire his company to set up venues for events. 

Location: The tweet's author is from Las Vegas. Because this topic is controversial at every college campus across the nation, no location is that much better than another when it comes to being close to the conflict. 

Network: There are actually quite a few Nevada political twitter pages that follow him, which is evidence that he does in fact connect with politicians in his area, at least on some level. 

Content: The tweet itself links to an article published by the New Republic, a liberal political magazine based in D.C.

Contextual Updates: This was his only post on this topic, but his twitter feed is full of political rants and links, but he also comments on some social and psychology topics. 

Age: I couldn't find the exact date where it usually is on the left side of the page, so I just scrolled for a minute. He has been tweeting regularly for more than 6 months, so it's not a recently created account. 

Reliability: While both his tweet and the article it links are biased, they both raise valid points. If adults can't handle sensitive topics, it's their responsibility to avoid those topics. It's not the responsibility of others not to broach those topics. 

Source 2: 

Screenshot taken by Boone-Roberts, Morgan on 9/2/15 via Twitter. 

Credibility: Mr. Cofield's bio says that he is a retired high school English teacher. That automatically gives him a certain level of credibility because he's speaking from experience. I found him on RateMyTeachers for Hoover High School, so he really is a teacher (not sure who would lie about that...).

Location: While his experience is in high school and the controversy is centered around colleges, as an English teacher, he was probably prohibited from teaching certain literature that contained controversial or sensitive topics. 

Network: There are a lot of religious groups that Bob interacts with on twitter, but for the most part, he seems to be a pretty regular guy. 

Content: The article that he links is actually one of the articles that I used for my "Evaluation of General Internet Sources", and as I've already corroborated this source, I know that they are reliable.

Contextual Updates: Bob posts a lot about education, and seems to be very active on twitter considering his, um, more advanced age. This is his most recent tweet, and I can't find anything else that he posted on this particular topic. 

Age: The account was created in October of 2011, so it's not one that I need to be wary of. 

Reliability: His background in education and the article he links to are both good indications of credibility in this topic.