Democracy, Disinformation and Distrust: Building Capacity to Impact Mis-/Dis-information (PAST EVENT)

Democracy, Disinformation and Distrust: Building Capacity to Impact Mis-/Dis-information (PAST EVENT)

Democracy, Disinformation and Distrust: Building Capacity to Impact Mis-/Dis-information

Location

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 12:00pm to Monday, June 27, 2022 - 8:00am

On this one-year anniversary of January 6th, we know that disinformation through social media was one key element that helped foster the terrible events of that day.  While democracy is fragile, we also know that civic minded citizens are rising to help protect our cherished experiment in self-governance. 

Please tune into CCTV for the rebroadcast  of an important, timely virtual program, Democracy, Disinformation and Distrust:  Building Capacity to Impact Mis-/Dis-information presented by Matt Leighninger and Cameron Hickey of the National Conference on Citizenship.   Learn how to combat the mis/disinformation that helped fuel the insurrection one year ago and continues to threaten our democracy. Learn how to build our capacity to establish resilience to the impact of mis/disinformation. Learn how, together, we can make a meaningful difference! 

More than ever, we need tools and knowledge to combat all the false and misleading information that is going viral and resulting in an “infodemic”.  The information ecosystem is helping to foster increased division and distrust. Misinformation spreading on social media has moved beyond an unfortunate fact of life – it has become an incendiary tool: fueling polarization and hate, driving down trust in institutions, amplifying fringe science and conspiracies, and inciting violence. Every political and social issue is now impacted by the threat of false and misleading claims that can confuse and radicalize the public.

CCTV is available to watch in Contra Costa County on Comcast channel 27, ATT/U-Verse channel 99, Astound channel 32, and online at contracostatv.org.

Air dates:
  • Wednesday, 5/18/22 - 2:00 PM      
  • Friday, 5/20/22 -  2:30 PM      
  • Monday, 5/23/22 - 9:00 PM         
  • Sunday, 5/29/22 - 7:00 PM         
  • Tuesday, 5/31/22 - 7:30 PM         
  • Thursday, 6/02/22 - 1:00 PM         
  • Wednesday, 6/15/22 - 10:30 AM           
  • Friday, 6/17/22 - 7:00 PM         
  • Monday, 6/20/22 - 11:00 AM      
  • Tuesday, 6/21/22 - 9:00 PM     
  • Friday, 6/24/22 - 7:30 PM         
  • Monday, 6/27/22 - 8:00 AM       

To view a video of the event, see: Democracy, Disinformation and Distrust:  Building Capacity to Impact Mis-/Dis-information.

Hosted by LWV Civil Discourse Network and National Institute for Civil Discourse.

This event is related to which committees: 
LWV Diablo Valley Civic Engagement Committee