{"id":39239,"date":"2024-10-21T10:55:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=39239"},"modified":"2024-12-09T10:42:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:42:05","slug":"stay-informed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/stay-informed\/39239\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay informed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_39250\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39250\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Joshua Miranda<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a recent report from the <a title=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/2024\/10\/10\/americans-views-of-2024-election-news\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/2024\/10\/10\/americans-views-of-2024-election-news\/\" data-outlook-id=\"4968558b-6da4-4710-a448-f2ce82896eb1\">Pew Research Center<\/a>, nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults polled (73%) say they\u2019ve seen inaccurate news coverage about the 2024 election and half (52%) find it difficult to determine the accuracy of the news they\u2019re reading. With a U.S. presidential election in full swing, conspiracy theories swirling around Hurricane Milton, and the flu season just around the corner, the spread of false information seems to be everywhere. Here at the Library, we\u2019ve created some resources to help address the topics of <a title=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/misinformation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/misinformation\" data-outlook-id=\"c647f3e9-a198-4bf9-ab04-5326809fde2b\">mis-<\/a> and <a title=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/disinformation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/disinformation\" data-outlook-id=\"977c25b2-85d6-4f46-9e78-ce493c3bc7d6\">disinformation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/disinfo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disinformation Research Guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Links to books, articles, and other sources of information analyzing these trends and offering ideas for how to address them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/election2024\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Election 2024<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Links to news sources, organizations, and other sources to stay informed about the US 2024 election.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Libraries have also sponsored panels and speakers on different aspects of the topic. You can find links to recordings of these events below.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/c.php?g=1117973&amp;p=9445918\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disinformation and free speech: perspectives on the future of information<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/berinsky.mit.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adam Berinsky<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Mitsui Professor of Political Science and Director of the MIT Political Experiments Research Lab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.csail.mit.edu\/karger\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">David Karger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Professor of Computer Science and member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/faculty\/directory\/david-g-rand\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">David Rand<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Erwin H. Schell Professor and Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moderator: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/alexia-hudson-ward-named\/31124\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexia Hudson-Ward<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Associate Director of Research, Learning, &amp; Strategic Partnerships, MIT Libraries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/c.php?g=1117973&amp;p=10259971\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Combating science disinformation: featuring Dr. Kasisomayajula Viswanath<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/profile\/kasisomayajula-viswanath\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Kasisomayajula Viswanath<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moderator: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwmf.org\/community\/dyna-rochmyaningsih\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dyna Rochmyaningsih<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, MIT<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduction: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/alexia-hudson-ward-named\/31124\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexia Hudson-Ward<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Associate Director of Research, Learning, &amp; Strategic Partnerships, MIT Libraries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looking for additional information? <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/search-collections\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Search our collections<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to find more. Have questions on a research topic? Feel free to reach out and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/ask\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ask us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report from the Pew Research Center, nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults polled (73%) say they\u2019ve seen inaccurate news coverage about the 2024 election and half (52%) find it difficult to determine the accuracy of the news they\u2019re reading. With a U.S. presidential election in full swing, conspiracy theories swirling around Hurricane Milton, and the flu season just around the corner, the spread of false information seems to be everywhere. Here at the Library, we\u2019ve created some resources to help address the topics of mis- and disinformation. Disinformation Research Guide: Links to books, articles, and other sources of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"subtitle":"Resources to help combat mis- and disinformation","is_event":false,"calendar_url":"","calendar_id":"","calendar_image":"","pauthor":"Mark Szarko and Claire Berman","urgent":true,"notes":"Because it mentions the election, this would be best going out before November 5. I'm not wed to the image (and wasn't sure how to credit it). Here's where I found it: https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/white-and-black-letter-blocks-3989901\/. Does it even need to be credited? If you have ideas for a better image I'm all for it - again, not wed to this one (and was just looking for something to add visual interest.","featuredListImg":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-scaled_657x256_acf_cropped.jpg","homeImg":false,"listImg":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/pexels-joshuamiranda-3989901-scaled_323x111_acf_cropped.jpg","homepage_post_title":"Stay informed: Resources to help combat mis- and disinformation","featuredArticle":"false"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39239"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39380,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39239\/revisions\/39380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}