Misinformation, AI and Conspiracy Theories

AI has made it even easier to create misinformation. With deepfakes of presidential candidates, AI-generated memes, Generative AI language models creating malware and phishing emails—the playing field has shifted. Misinformation is becoming more sophisticated and changing rapidly. Librarians are one of the few professions uniquely suited to help.

In this webinar attendees will learn:
• Trends in AI and information
• Influencers and misinformation
• The digital economy of misinformation
• Programming ideas for librarians around misinformation
• Resources to learn more and help combat misinformation

Presenter: Carrie Rogers-Whitehead is the founder and CEO of Digital Respons-Ability, a mission-based company that educates tens of thousands of students, parents and teachers through in-person and online courses across the country. Before her work with Digital Respons-Ability Carrie worked for almost a decade as a public librarian. In her work she started the first public library programming in the state of Utah aimed at individuals with autism, for which she received the 2013 Utah Librarian of the Year award.
Carrie is a researcher and award-winning author of 7 academic titles, most recently Deepening Digital Citizenship with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). She has written three books for librarians including Serving Teens and Adults with Autism: a Guide for Librarians in 2020 which won an award from ALA in 2021 for an outstanding reference source. Carrie describes herself as a “practitioner” first and continues to teach and work directly with people of all ages and abilities. Carrie lives at home with her family in Utah and enjoys reading stacks of graphic novels with her son.

Presenter: Carrie Rogers-Whitehead is the founder and CEO of Digital Respons-Ability, a mission-based company that educates tens of thousands of students, parents and teachers through in-person and online courses across the country.  Before her work with Digital Respons-Ability Carrie worked for almost a decade as a public librarian. In her work she started the first public library programming in the state of Utah aimed at individuals with autism, for which she received the 2013 Utah Librarian of the Year award.

The recording and handouts will be available on Niche Academy after the live event as well as our library of over 700 recorded sessions. To access Niche, goto: https://my.nicheacademy.com/floridalibrarywebinars

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