Events
Learn About Separating Fact from Fiction at Michigan Libraries in 2022!
- April 30th, Tamarack District Library, "Open Author Day," Lakeview, MI, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- June 4th, Rockford Public Library, "Reading Rocks: Open Author Day," Rockford, MI, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 8th, Farmington Hills Public Library, Downtown, "Facts from Fiction: Media Literacy Workshop" Farmington Hills, MI, 7 to 8 p.m. Sign Up Here!
- Wednesday, June 15th, Wixom Public Library, "Facts from Fiction: Media Literacy Workshop" Wixom, MI, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign Up Here!
- Saturday, Aug. 6, Commerce Township Library, "Facts from Fiction: Media Literacy Workshop, Commerce, MI, 10 to 11 a.m.
- Tuesday, Aug. 23, Novi Public Library, 10 Mile and Beck, "Facts from Fiction: Media Literacy Workshop" Novi, MI, 7 to 8 p.m.
- PREVIEW ERIK'S NOVI PUBLIC LIBRARY APPEARANCE HERE
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WEEDING OUT SUSPECT BIAS IN THE MEDIA FOR TEENS, TUESDAY, AUG 16TH AT WIXOM PUBLIC LIBRARY, 6:30 P.M.
We discover who we are in many different ways. One of the ways we form our identity is via the media. What we ingest in the media influences Who we are, Who we want to be and Who we believe in. Don’t be fooled! In this 90 minute workshop Dr. Erik Bean, author of Bias Is All Around You: A Handbook for Inspecting Social Media & News Stories will explain how to sort fact from fiction so you can become your authentic self! Gain critical thinking skills you can apply daily before you embrace and share any piece of information. Together, we will discover what biases control our consumption of media and how to curtail the ones that can possibly affect our mental health. Leave the workshop with tools to more successfully inspect any piece of information for fallacies, conflicts of interest, or false narratives.
Peer Reviewed Academic Conference
Erik and LauraAnn Migliore, Ph.D., author of the 20/20 Prudent Leadership book series will present, "A Self-Assessment Model to Vet Published Information Bias to Help Maintain Civil Discourse" at The Qualitative Report (TQR) Conference in January 2022 at Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
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Bias Is All Around You:
A Handbook for Inspecting Social Media & News Stories