Comments on: Civics vs. Disinformation

By: Kathy Connelly

Kathy Connelly — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:57:03 +0000

The contrast and clarity of the proposition is so heartening!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:11:03 +0000

Hi, Susan,

Good for you for even trying to fact check what you see and hear. Hardly anyone does that anymore. I’m actually working on a series of civics tutorials on media literacy, and I’m leaning heavily on the work of Mike Caulfield. Here’s his 3 minute video on a Stanford study that shows how fact checkers do better than educated, ‘critical thinkers.’

This is the introductory video; there are 4 more which I haven’t watched yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBU2sDlUbp8

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:07:41 +0000

In reply to Sheryl Robertson. Sheryl, good question without a good answer. I’m thinking of civics as an inoculation again disinformation, so the more people who get smart about the media, the fewer people will be so taken in. There are some, of course, who’s minds are totally closed to anything other than what they believe, but there are millions of Americans on the fence who are willing to learn more. But “civics” comes across as a boring topic, and many people don’t think they need a refresher…still working on that issue. :-)

By: Susan H Schilder

Susan H Schilder — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:59:59 +0000

Catherine I would like to see more ways to fact check. I use Snopes.com, and our local free newspaper, the Wausau Pilot and Review, publishes a column about what didn’t happen in the news, but neither covers all the BS out there.

I comment on some stuff, but not much, as I don’t want to engage some of these radical and kookie people.

By: Sheryl Robertson

Sheryl Robertson — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 14:16:04 +0000

yes, but how do we get people interested in Civics? Look at what is coming out about FoxNews. That they new the big lie was a lie, but they chose to spread it anyways. How do we stop the lies???