Season 2 Archives
Episode 20 (Dec 2022) Ding Dong The Twit is Dead?
What does the meltdown at Twitter mean? Is there something more meaningful, valuable, and humane to replace it -perhaps a trustworthy, digital platform for the exchange of information and ideas moderated for credibility and trust? What's a reasonable stance for librarians in the face of free speech versus responsible speech? Let’s talk.
Episode 19 (Nov 2022) WHAT?????
What is going on in this world? Librarians in the crosshairs! Book censorship and actual book burnings! Heavy-handed government control of schools, curriculum, higher education, libraries! Handmaid’s Tale-like nightmare in terms of women’s rights! Climate catastrophes! War in Ukraine. Strife - hatred - violence! WTF?????
Episode 18 (May 2022): The Censors are Coming! The Censors are Coming!
It is happening here. Again. There’s a huge increase in efforts to censor what is taught or even discussed in school along with banning, and in some cases even burning books in schools and libraries. In this episode, we delve into the nature of these threats along with ways to counteract them.
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Episode 17 (April 2022): Video Sharing & So Much More
YouTube and TikTok wield tremendous influence across every demographic. Clearly more than benign video sharing platforms, they are mass media publishers, social media exchanges, and content creation streaming services. What’s the scoop? Are they valuable and helpful services or is there a darker side? Let’s find out.
Episode 16 (March 2022): FACEBOOK: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
This episode continues our conversation about social media. We zero in on the 800 lb gorilla – make that the 1.6 BILLION LB gorilla that dominates social media, FACEBOOK. That’s 1.6 billion because over 1.6 BILLION people (on average) visit Facebook every day. Listen in as we unravel this information age phenomenon.
Episode 15 (Feb 2022): Life, the Universe and Everything Social Media
Social media dominates and affects almost all aspect of life and society, sometimes purposefully and often not. In this series about social media, we hope to inform as well as identify some recommended good practices, and to discuss how libraries can and are helping people to engage effectively and safely.
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Episode 14 (Jan 2022): Info Literacy – Now More Than Ever
Information literacy relates to every aspect of human existence – individually or in communities. Almost all human activities and endeavors are information-based, especially in our turbocharged, networked, overloaded info world. In this episode, we explore a range of info literacy issues including information skills, relevance, credibility, mis- and dis-information, bias, technology, media, and equity.
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