Tag: Information evaluation

Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous

Intersections

Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania (from The Conversation) Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to topple European monarchies. In the mid-20th century, historian Richard Hofstadter described a “paranoid style” that he observed in right-wing U.S. politics and culture: a blend of “heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy.” But the “golden age” of…

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Open educational resources (OERs) and science

Understanding Science

“Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that are free of cost and access barriers, and which also carry legal permission for open use. Generally, this permission is granted by the use of an open license (for example, Creative Commons licenses) which allows anyone to freely use, adapt and share the resource—anytime, anywhere.” “An OER can be any teaching & learning resource…

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The power of propaganda

Quick bibliographies

Propaganda “is communication that is deliberately designed by one group in society to influence the attitudes and behavior of others. It often uses symbolism and rhetoric and appeals to the emotional and irrational aspects of our sensibility” (Propaganda. (2006). In D. G. Lilleker, Key concepts in political communication. Sage UK.). Propaganda has been around for thousands of years, since at least the time of the Pharoahs…

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CuratedSci: science news from the best sources

News

CuratedSci is your one-stop resource for science-related news from the best science news sources.  Leveraging the expertise of well-known and respected organizations, CuratedSci provides a chosen and convenient list of news stories–updated hourly with a three-week archive. CuratedSci was created by Griffin Engel and is part of the Strategian Universe of science resources. Make CuratedSci your source for science news! URL: https://sciencenews.strategian.com/ RSS feed: https://sciencenews.strategian.com/public_html/feed/ Questions or comments? Please…

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The Strategian “universe”

Intersections

Use all the sites under the Strategian banner to identify, obtain, understand–to get the most out of science information; these are open resources: Science Evaluation Strategian: Science Magazine Science Primary Literature (database) Science Bibliographies Online Science Learning Science Matrix Questions? Please let me know (engelk@grinnell.edu).

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