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Weekend of the Arts May 3rd - 5th, 2019

Books

Dewey Ranges:

News media, journalism, and publishing: 070

Social interaction 302

Commerce, communications, and transportation: 380

Photography, computer art, cinematography 770

Messing With The Enemy : Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News by Clint Watts

Call Number: 355.02028 W3493m

ISBN: 9780062795984

Publication Date: 2018

The Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts From Lies and Stopping Fake News in its Tracks by Bruce Bartlett

Call Number: 070.9051 B2841t

ISBN: 9780399581168

Publication Date: 2017

 

Videos

Fake News: Part 1
Fake news is more than a social media menace--it's threatening critical thinking skills needed to develop information literacy. Combined with the impulse to share exciting, shocking and alarming stories, fake news is shaping--and distorting--perceptions, especially in younger demographics. In this video, viewers learn what drives fake news, how to spot it and how to de-bunk it. They'll see how to distinguish between bias and accuracy, and opinion from fact. Vignettes that mimic online feeds and searches show how to detect completely false stories, slanted information, pure propaganda and misused data.                         
TED Talks: Christiane Amanpour - How to Seek Truth in the Era of Fake News
In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Amanpour discusses fake news, objectivity in journalism, the leadership vacuum in global politics and more, sharing her wisdom along the way. "Be careful where you get information from," she says. "Unless we are all engaged as global citizens who appreciate the truth, who understand science, empirical evidence and facts, then we are going to be wandering around—to a potential catastrophe."   
 
Breaking the Wall to True Press Freedom : How Open Journalism Saves Publishing in the Digital Age
The decline of many major international print outlets - due to their difficulties in adapting to the ways information is shared and consumed online today - is not news, but continues to have dramatic effects on the traditional regional and global media landscapes. Particularly evident during the recent economic crisis, this negative development forced many metropolitan dailies to sell out or shut down. The Guardian with its open journalism model, has managed to reinvent itself. As editor since 1995, Alan Rusbridger - a former reporter - oversaw the paper's complete print and digital redesign. In Berlin, Rusbridger speaks about the importance of robust journalistic institutions, the marriage of old media and new technologies - and why the digital age is proving a hard but exciting one to adapt to.