Detecting Misinformation in Social Media

Name: Detecting Misinformation in Social Media
Start: 2022-01-06T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-01-06T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Virtual

by J-Term

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Thu, Jan 6, 2022

2 PM – 3 PM EST (GMT-5)

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Eisenhower Institute Executive Director Tracie Potts shares insights from her 30-year journalism career, leading students on a journey to unravel the tangled web of opinion, propaganda, advertising, and rumors often mistaken for news. This session will explore how to select objective sources, how to spot questionable information, and the intent and impact of misinformation and disinformation.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Distinguish news from other types of information.
Identify objective sources of news.
Define and identify misinformation and disinformation.

See January Term for full information about the J-Term program for 2022.

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Virtual

39.835112,-77.234867

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Tracie Potts

Executive Director of the Eisenhower Institute

Gettysburg College

https://www.gettysburg.edu/eisenhower-institute/about/staff-experts/employee_detail.dot?empId=013717096120013320&pageTitle=Tracie+Potts

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