People have to be very careful about the information they get online. Unfortunately, critical thinking seems to have been forgotten so people share info that their silo agrees with ... and disregard everything that goes against their personal beliefs!
Love this post, Nina. In fact, I'd love to talk to you about it. In a curious coincidence, my colleagues and I happen to be working with London, Ontario, a city that suffered a horrific hate crime five years ago. We've developed a learning intervention designed to help kids understand the forces that polarize and radicalize. It's also designed as an active inoculation against "mind traps", and our preliminary data suggests that we're hot on the trail of a powerful antidote to the politics of hate. Can we discuss?
Nina: about the issues you mentioned re misinformation about London, we have the same problems up here in Canada!
Back in early May, disinfowatch released a report about foreign (mostly Russian and American) interference in Canadian national unity (https://disinfowatch.org/foreign-interference-targeting-canada-and-alberta/).
There were also YouTube "slopaganda" videos that the CBC traced to Dutch content creators:
Alberta separatist leader unconcerned about influence of YouTube ‘slopaganda’ videos
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/slopaganda-youtube-alberta-separatism-9.7171993
People have to be very careful about the information they get online. Unfortunately, critical thinking seems to have been forgotten so people share info that their silo agrees with ... and disregard everything that goes against their personal beliefs!
Keep up the great work,
John
Why am I not surprised! I really do think local leaders will need to grapple with these topics more and more.
Love this post, Nina. In fact, I'd love to talk to you about it. In a curious coincidence, my colleagues and I happen to be working with London, Ontario, a city that suffered a horrific hate crime five years ago. We've developed a learning intervention designed to help kids understand the forces that polarize and radicalize. It's also designed as an active inoculation against "mind traps", and our preliminary data suggests that we're hot on the trail of a powerful antidote to the politics of hate. Can we discuss?