Facts are more accessible than ever, yet charlatans are thriving. Are humans getting more shameless? Or is brain science showing us that we just need something to believe in?
Take a walk in Hoboken’s first big outdoor event in a year
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It has been a while since major outdoor events have been held in the Mile Square City, but don’t fret, the Hoboken Outdoor Citywide Art Walk & Craft Market 2021 is coming on May 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The self-guided, citywide walking tour features displays of artists’ work, photography, and a crafts market.
A digital tour map and artist and crafter directory has been made available on the City of Hoboken website, hobokennj.gov/events/hoboken-art-walk-craft-market-2021, and Facebook page.
Some outdoor locations where exhibitions will take place include Church Square Park, Garden Street between 4th & 5th; Sinatra Drive Walkway between 1st and 4th Street; 7th Street and Jackson Plaza, behind the Monroe Center which is located at 720 Monroe St.; 1300 Hudson St. breezeway in front of the Hoboken History Museum; Neumann Leather Building Courtyard, 66 Willow Ave. & 333 Newark St.; an
Oklahoma Joe: News literacy may be more important than ever
Joe Hight
Your truth may not be mine.
I said that recently to my University of Central Oklahoma Media Ethics students when talking about truth versus facts.
It’s an understanding we all need in a society in which more people are basing their truth on conspiracists, partisan politicians and media instead of seeking to find facts.
According to one Merriam-Webster’s definition, truth is “a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or
accepted as true.” Fact, however, is defined as “something that has actual existence.”
While seeking our own truth, we need to get the correct facts. We need to embrace the importance of news literacy.
âAstroturfingâ and the rise of misinformation campaigns
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CHICAGO â Despite the natural urge to gravitate toward information that reinforces our own views, most agree that people genuinely want to be well-informed. But in recent years, campaigns by corporations, lobbyists and political operatives sowing division and suspicion have become a common problem.
Soon after the coronavirus pandemic began, small anti-stay-at-home protests erupted in dozens of states around the country.
âWhen things appear to be spontaneous and exciting, and especially, they re happening all over the country, that tends to gain a lot of media attention,â said Edward Walker, a UCLA sociology professor and author of