Before I googled Professor Abdoney and Professor Teaff’s names, I had no idea what would pop up about them. The search results for each of them, however, turned out to be very similar: their first result was from their page on the college’s library website, followed by their Twitter, LinkedIn, and personal websites.

From this search I learned that Professor Abdoney is definitely a little left-leaning, judging from what she retweets on Twitter; Professor Teaff attended four colleges, one of which is in my hometown and one of which I almost attended. I didn’t find out much about Professor Teaff’s political stance, but I have an assumption based on the information I have gathered about her during the construction of the timeline above. Both professors are white women teaching the same class together at the same college, I assume with similar views, which could lead to being unexposed to differing viewpoints, specifically on social media. We tend to hang around individuals that mirror our views, creating a filter bubble due to the people we follow, which we talked about in class. Professor Teaff lives in Rockbridge; Professor Abdoney’s address is unknown; location is important because it can effect the things you see online and the things you care about the most.

We had talked in class about how everything on the internet about you is available to the public, but I had never really thought about what others could see related to me. Curious, I searched my name on Google too, but I only discovered that there is an actress named “Clare Grant,” who is undoubtedly more famous than me, that dominated the search, even though are names are spelled differently.

Because of these results for my search, I feel like I will not change my personal online habits just because it has proved difficult to even find a picture of myself on Google. Maybe if Clare Grant wasn’t famous, I would change my mind 🙂