FRANK Talk – The spread of fake news: Is there a vaccine for that? – Eager

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

Gail Rhodes, Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Like a virus, fake news catches on erratically, intensely, and swiftly, and can leave the American public feeling dazed and confused. How can media producers and consumers cure the spread of this false-information outbreak? What steps are technology and media companies taking? […]

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FRANK Talks – Where to start: Building Civic Engagement in a Politically Charged World – Round Valley

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

Where to start: Building Civic Engagement in a Politically Charged World  Mónica Pérez, Organizational Development Consultant and Political Strategist Arizona is a global community. We work and live together in schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces that are becoming increasingly diverse. How can we rise to the challenge of this new community landscape? How can we connect […]

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FRANK Talks: Information Warfare as the New Battlespace – Eagar

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

Weaponized Narrative: Information Warfare as the New Battlespace Dr. Braden Allenby, Arizona State University, President’s Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, and Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics Weaponized narrative is the latest term for information warfare, focusing specifically on the role of new media in shaping opinion. Weaponized narratives attack the shared beliefs and […]

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FRANK Talks: The Impact of Fake News in the Real World – Round Valley

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

“Fake News”: The Impact of Fake News in the Real World Jamie Bowen, Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Although not new, our awareness and use of the term “fake news” has risen in prominence. In general “fake news” is journalism that consists of deliberate misinformation, news whose main purpose […]

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FRANK Talks: Energy in an Uncertain World – Eagar

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

Energy in an Uncertain World Dr. Jennifer Richter, Arizona State University, School of Social Transformation and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society Energy can be made affordable, accessible, and sustainable for all Arizonans.  Energy is never just about technology, but about the values and ideals that a society has about its design […]

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Sheep Ranchers and Herders of Arizona – Eager

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

An early viable economic activity of the 1800s in Arizona has been mostly forgotten. Basque, Canadians, Danes among others arrived in the mid to late 1800s to graze sheep on thousands of acres practicing transhumance. Many of these men worked for other established ranchers until ultimately they gained a herd of their own. In the […]

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Arizona’s Civilian Conservation Corps in Our National Parks and Forests

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

In 1933, at the nadir of the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was born. This New Deal program was designed to help unemployed young men learn new skills and earn a dollar a day to support both themselves and their families. CCCers fervently claim that this opportunity gave them the confidence and skills […]

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