Evaluation of Social Media Sources


The following social media sources provide examples of the general public's opinion of the issue.

Blocker, Trey Screenshot 09/05/2015

Credibility - Ee Mien Low has a Facebook account and a Google Plus account. Both of them say he is a senior lecturer at Republic Polytechnic in Singapore.

Location - Singapore is reportedly one of the countries potentially purchasing F-35 aircraft. It is worth noting that he worked at Savi Technology Asia Pte Ltd, A Lockheed Martin Company as a software engineer from 2005-2008.

Network - Many people in the science and technology field are in his circles on Google Plus, including people from other Universities.

Content - He provides a link to a defensenews.com article, which he presumably based his claim on.

Contextual updates - While he generally posts about science and technology topics, I cannot find other posts directly related to the F-35 controversy.

Age - Although Google Plus does not show the age of his account, it shows his history of employment going back to 1999.




Blocker, Trey Screenshot 09/05/2015

Credibility - In addition to Google Plus, this Steve Martin (the name is just a coincidence) has a twitter, and has published a book. He also formed his own Jewish ministry.

Location - He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. The U.S. is the main player in the F-35 project, but there is nothing regarding the project specifically related to Charlotte, or North Carolina.

Network - Many religious figures have him in their circles.

Content - He does not offer his own opinion on the topic. Instead, he posted a link to his blog where a full article written by Ron Kampeas was posted. The article was originally posted in The Times of Israel.

Contextual updates - He seems to be interested in Israel on a spiritual basis, so he is concerned about the F-35's impact on the people of Israel. This is the only post I found related to the F-35.

Age - He joined twitter in 2009.