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SUMMARY:Be Media Literate in the Digital Age
LOCATION:Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library\nTopeka and Shawnee Coun
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DESCRIPTION:Is that news too good to be true? Learn how to navigate websit
 es\, videos and social media to determine the credibility\, evaluate the s
 ource\, and avoid spreading rumors..\nhttps://tscpl.libnet.info/event/1395
 3653
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In the past decades\, the ways many of us 
 get our news and and information has changed\, quickly. Whether you are re
 ading or listening or watching\, you are the first line of defense in prot
 ecting yourself from misinformation\, scams\, or looking bit silly because
  you reacted quickly and forwarded a manipulated AI image of a two headed 
 shark attacking twins at a beach to all your friends in Florida\, just in 
 case it would keep them safer to know about that.</p>\n<p>The library can 
 help! Using fun examples\, we will review fact-checking resources\, factor
 s that help people determine the credibility of sources and information\, 
 tips for spotting your own cognitive biases\, and brush up on skills for w
 ell-informed\, critical thinkers.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>If you learned a card cat
 alog in the library\, or used to look up information in the volumes of an 
 encyclopedia set\, or used to get your world news from Time and Newsweek a
 nd a daily newspaper - this workshop is for you!</p>\n<p>It's not just you
  who might be struggling with media literacy in the digital age. We will a
 lso share resources you can use to keep learning\, and brainstorm some str
 ategies for reminding that friend who keeps sending you alarming photos an
 d impossible headlines that you appreciate their concern and also have som
 e new skills to share with them for our modern digital age.</p>\n<p>Stony 
 Brook University&rsquo\;s Center for News Literacy points out that</p>\n<p
  style="padding-left: 30px\;">The Digital Age poses four serious informati
 on literacy challenges for civil society:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The amount of inf
 ormation we are flooded with daily makes it difficult to sort out what's r
 eliable.</li>\n<li>New technologies to create and share information make i
 t easy to create content that only appears authoritative and then to sprea
 d it virally.</li>\n<li>The conflict between speed and accuracy has been e
 xacerbated by Digital Age demands for delivering information as fast as po
 ssible\, but accelerating that process increases the chance it will be wro
 ng.</li>\n<li>Humans prefer information that supports our beliefs\, and th
 e Internet and social media make it much easier for us to select only the 
 information that supports our ideas\, reinforcing rather than challenging 
 them.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Source: https://digitalresource.center/why-news-lite
 racy-matters</p>\nhttps://tscpl.libnet.info/event/13953653
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