The rise of fake news and other hot topics in the news business will be the focus of a one-day seminar at John A. Logan College on March 10.
Michael Spikes, an instructor at the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University, will lead the discussion, which is designed to teach students to become perceptive news readers and critical thinkers. It will also examine how these topics relate to recent history.
“Students learn how to find the reliable information they need to make decisions, take action, make judgments and responsibly share information through social media,” Spikes said. “At a time when the digital revolution is spawning a flood of information and disinformation each day, the course seeks to help students recognize the differences between facts and rumor, news and promotion, news and opinion, bias and fairness, assertion and verification, and evidence and inference.”
Dr. Barry Hancock, dean of the Community Education Department, said the seminar should not be missed.
“This is a one-day opportunity to hear from a speaker with his level of intensity on a subject that is of major concern across the nation and around the world,” he said.
The $25 seminar runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information, call the Community Education Department at 618-985-2828, Extension 5.
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