During my 2020-21 sabbatical, I have been contracted by Springer Nature to write a book, tentatively titled, “Misinformation and Disinformation: Detecting Fakes with the EyeView More
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Digital Wall of Iconographics on Counter-Misinformation Strategies
Visit our Digital Wall of Iconographics: “Strategies for Prevention, Deterrence, or Detection of Mis-/Disinformation” In Winter 2020 academic term, graduate students in the “Misinformation andView More
Compton’s Talk “From Slump to Trump Media”
On March 1, 2019, Dr. James Compton, FIMS Faculty, gave a talk, entitled ““From Slump to Trump Media” as part of the “Guest Speaker SeriesView More
Chen on Psychology of Mis/Disinformation
On January 25, 2019 Yimin Chen, LIS PhD Candidate, gave a talk, entitled “To err is human; to troll, divine: The psychology of mis/disinformation” asView More
Interdisciplinary Speaker Series on Misinformation/Disinformation in FIMS Graduate Course
In Winter 2019 academic term, I created and delivered a new interdisciplinary course at FIMS, Western. The course is further described on my Teaching Website.View More
“Misinformation” is the Word of the Year 2018 for Dictionary.com
A brief video from the TIME Magazine highlights the absence of intent in misinformation as opposed to disinformation. About TIME: “A 24/7 news publication withView More
Response to Theory and Criticism Talk
On Thursday, January 11, 2018, Andrew Woods, a first year PhD student from Theory and Criticism at Western, presented his talk entitled “The Faked DeathView More
Western Libraries’ Guest Talk at FIMS, Western
On Tuesday, November 28, 2017, a group of LIS specialists from Library Information Resources Management (LIRM) at Western Libraries gave a team talk on “LanguageView More
London Public Library Specialists’ Guest Talk at Western
Last week we were fortunate to hear from professionals in the field of Library and Information Science about their programming, reference services and collections forView More
Crossing Language Barriers Poster Session at FIMS, Western
Quiz: What languages are the signs in? What do you think they say? Do they have anything in common? “Crossing Language Barriers for Information ProvisionView More