The library hosted Dr. Shelley Boulianne, an expert on misinformation for Digital Citizenship Week in 2023.
Shelley Boulianne, a research fellow at the
Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin, outlines her
research on how people use digital media, including social media. Using
Canadian data collected in February 2021, she outlines the age differences in
experiences of misinformation. Misinformation may be a distinguishing feature
of contemporary youth's experiences, but compared to seniors, they are better
equipped to deal with this misinformation. A 25 minute lecture is followed by
20 minute q and a.