In recent years we have seen a dramatic decrease in trust in societal institutions including traditional news media, government, science, and academia. At the same time, we’re facing a barrage of online misinformation and new technology that undermines our ability to confidently tell truth from fiction. More than ever, we need to rebuild trust in authoritative information sources to allow good information to rise above the noise. Researchers from the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) lead a conversation aimed at understanding current causes of distrust and routes to rebuilding public trust in authoritative information providers.  

Presenters:

• Rachel Moran, Senior Research Scientist, University of Washington Center for an Informed Public
• Kristen Calvert, Programs and Events Administrator, Dallas Public Library (TX)

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Related resources and links

• Center for an Informed Public (CIP)
• See previous webinar, Why do we fall for misinformation?
  
• IMLS grant announcement: Misinformation Media Literacy: Supporting Libraries as Hubs for Misinformation Education
• CIP Newsletter: https://www.cip.uw.edu/news/cip-news-insights-newsletter/
• Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low and U.S. Confidence in Institutions Mostly Flat, but Police Up, Gallup
• Americans’ Trust in Scientists, Positive Views of Science Continue to Decline, Pew Research Center
• Parents' Perceptions of Librarians Survey 2023, EveryLibrary Institute and Book Riot
  
•  Trusted Messenger Guidebook (pdf), PEN America
• Shared in chat
• CIP often recommends using the "SIFT" method from Mike Caulfield
• WebJunction article, Library guide to civic engagement
• Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
  
• Creating Zines in partnership (public, academia, etc) can be a successful strategy - CIP made a zine with members of the Vietnamese American community about misinformation spreading within their community that is now used for intergenerational discussions about information-seeking
• Public radio show On The Media has a series of consumer handbooks for different kinds of breaking news
• Crime Scene Investigation: Deadly Disinformation (Series) on programming librarian
• Media Literacy in the Library Guide (pdf) that Kristen worked on
• ALA Media Literacy for Adults project page