LIVE ONLINE! Secret Science Club presents "Science & the Information Epidemic" with social psychologist Sander van der Linden and disease detective Seema Yasmin
Join us live via ZOOM on SUNDAY, April 2 @ 2PM (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 1:30PM
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Misinformation campaigns—designed to recruit, sell, influence, manipulate, engage (or enrage)—are not a new phenomenon. But in recent years, content that is false or misleading seems to have metastasized. In an era of information overload, is it possible we are losing the ability to separate fact from fiction?
At the next Secret Science Club, psychologist Sander van der Linden and disease detective Seema Yasmin explain why our brains are so vulnerable to misinformation, how it spreads like a virus across social networks, and what we can do to inoculate ourselves and others.
THE SPEAKERS
Sander van der Linden is professor of social psychology in society at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab. His research examines how people process (mis)information, how it spreads in online networks, and what behavioral interventions we can design to counter it at-scale. He co-developed the award-winning fake news game, Bad News, which has been played by millions of people around the world, and he regularly advises governments, social media companies, and the World Health Organization on fighting misinformation. He and his research have been featured in the New York Times, Wired, and Rolling Stone and on NPR and the BBC. His new book - Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity - was published in March.
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, medical doctor, professor and author. She is director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, clinical assistant professor in Stanford University’s Department of Medicine, and visiting professor at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA where she teaches crisis management and communications. Previously, she served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her scholarly work focuses on the spread of health misinformation and disinformation, the growth of medical and news deserts, and the impact on public health. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, and Rolling Stone, and she regularly appears on CNN. Her most recent book is What the Fact?! Finding the Truth in All the Noise.
Before & After
--Mix up our sneaky cocktail & mocktail, the "Sweet Persuasion"… (recipe below!)
--Groove to strangely alluring tunes
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A
--Snag copies of our speakers’ awesome new books! You can order Sander van der Linden's Foolproof here and Seema Yasmin's What the Fact?! here.
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Cocktail Recipe for the “Sweet Persuasion” (created by the Secret Science Club Experimental Mixology Lab)
Ingredients: 2 oz Grapefruit Juice, 2 oz Orange Juice, 4 oz Prosecco or Sparkling Rosé, 1 dash Rose Water, Raspberries (for garnish)
- Combine chilled juices and rose water in a wine glass, and stir
- Slowly top off with well-chilled sparkling wine
- Garnish with raspberries and your favorite spring flower
** (For a mocktail version, substitute lemon-lime seltzer or Sanpellegrino Aranciata Rossa for the sparkling wine.)
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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