The Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries will be hostinga discussion an in-person talk on the dangers of fake news and how to spot it.<\/p>\n
The talk will be held Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. the Haskell Auditorium at Southworth Library, 732 Dartmouth St.<\/p>\n
Bristol Community College researchers Emily Brown and Susan Souza-Mort willintroduce audience members to the dark world of misinformation and show how to fact check the information they find in print and online.<\/p>\n
Brown is Coordinator of Library Research and Instruction at Bristol Community College's Fall River Campus. Her research interests include misinformation, self-radicalization, and foreign disinformation campaigns.<\/p>\n
Souza-Mort is a research and instruction librarian at the colleges New Bedford campus.runs the Open Educational Resources Program, which gives students access to free resources to save on textbook expenses. Souza-Mort is also an adjunct history professor and academic liaison to the STEM academic area at the college.<\/p>\n
In accordance with the Dartmouth Board of Health guidelines, audience members are strongly encouraged tomask-up indoors regardless of vaccination status due to the presence of the highly infectious Delta variant of Covid-19.<\/p>\n
For more information, emailfodl.libraries@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read the rest here:<\/p>\n Learn to identify 'fake news' | Dartmouth - Dartmouth Week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries will be hostinga discussion an in-person talk on the dangers of fake news and how to spot it. The talk will be held Wednesday, Oct. Continue reading