On March 6, 2024, from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., the Helena League of Women Voters and the Lewis and Clark Library are hosting a presentation by Sam Wineburg: “How to Navigate Misinformation Online.”
If you are in or near Helena, you are welcome to go to the library, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, to watch the webinar on the big screen. You can also register to watch it on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. I will be offering one OPI renewal unit to attendees who email me at mkohl@mt.gov with a three-sentence reflection after the program.
I've heard Wineburg speak a couple of times before and he's fabulous. I promise it will be worth your time! Here's more information about the presentation.
How to Navigate Misinformation Online
Learn how to quickly navigate the internet to find reliable, fact-based information during an upcoming webinar with Stanford University professor, author and researcher Sam Wineburg.
“This webinar will be an introduction to the kind of strategies the most skilled users of the internet use to separate fact from fiction,” says Wineburg. “They can often find out if something is reliable or sham in as little as 30 seconds.”
Wineburg will share easy steps to quickly find your way to factual information without getting duped by disinformation, fake websites, phony organizations and bad actors. “It’s becoming increasingly difficult for concerned citizens to know what to believe,” he says, “and the worst thing they can do is throw their hands up and say, ‘I can’t believe anything.’” This is the goal of Russian disinformation, “to create a muddled citizenry because a muddled citizenry is more easy to control.”
Wineburg's presentation shares tips from his new book, Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions About What to Believe Online, co-authored with research scientist Mike Caulfield. It’s being praised by librarians, journalists and educators and was hailed by Nobel Peace Prize winner and longtime journalist Maria Ressa, who wrote, “Verified offers clear advice on how to navigate a world of spin, trolls, and lies.”
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