Candice Benjes-Small

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

@ItsMattsLaw @titonka @pikaso_me screenshot this

[Matt Binder @MattBinder]

Elon Musk boosting two regular fake news posters who have historically posted debunked videos

neither are on the ground or verify. both have shared AI-generated videos in the past as real.

they just share any garbage they come across to rack up views.

[Alexa Volland @AlexaVolland]

@NewsLitProject doesn't have a Taylor Swift reporter, but they do let me pretend to be one.

[Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 @leedrutman]

GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

If you’ve binged on TED talks or devoured Malcolm Gladwell’s insights, you should know there’s a major crisis on the underlying social science research - called the replication crisis, sometimes it’s just torturing the data until it spits out what you want to see, or in this case, it’s just made up / fraudulent data.

Among the concepts that are being challenged:

- **Priming:** Subtle cues influencing behavior without awareness.
- **Ego Depletion:** Self-control as a finite resource.
- **Social Priming:** Social cues affecting behavior unconsciously.
- **Power Posing:** Dominant postures affecting hormones and decision-making.
- **Grit:** Passion and perseverance as key predictors of success.
- **Growth Mindset:** Abilities developed through dedication and hard work.
- **Facial Feedback Hypothesis:** Facial expressions influencing emotional experience.
- **Stereotype Threat:** Awareness of stereotypes affecting individuals' performance.

This New Yorker article throws a spotlight on research from Dan Ariely, a big name in dissecting dishonesty, now caught in a storm over a recent paper.

Def worth the read-

https://t.co/QL3kjngC9d

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

@holden We really don’t talk enough about appropriate use of ethos, logos, and pathos. A technique can be appropriate or fallacious, it depends on the situation.

[Jeff Timmer @jefftimmer]

On the one hand, we have a criminally corrupt unstable gibbering authoritarian rabid baboon who will plunge America, and the world, into chaos and instability. On the other, we have an older guy. I'm so torn about who to vote for.

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

Huge thanks to @EamonTewell and colleagues at Columbia for sharing their Ask A Librarian internship materials with us.

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

W&M Libraries is offering a paid, remote/hybrid internship for LIS students and recent graduates this fall! Please share widely; applications due 7/31. https://t.co/RdMzVXQCsz

[max seddon @maxseddon]

For those of you new to this media environment. The main sources of info are an army that lies about everything; a warlord who owns an infamous troll factory and lied about it for years; and the Kremlin. And Russia destroyed the media, so there aren't any good independent sources

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

Core competencies for library instructors: consider foundational knowledge, applied knowledge, attitudes and values, logistics. #TILC2023

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

Is information “seeking” really the dominant method now? Or is information presented to you? #TILC2023

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

Have students pick the source they think most relevant, and then pair-share. Helps students learn “relevance” is very personal and iterative. #TILC2023

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

Learning to make relevance judgments is a key component of information literacy development. #TILC2023

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

What is “relevance”? Who gets to decide? Experts, or users? #TILC2023

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

Branding workshops as “Extra skills to pay the bills.” #TILC2023

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

Making it work: pivoting to an online keynote by Brittani Sterling. #TILC2023

[Candice Benjes-Small @BenjesSmall]

@violetbfox Thanks, I hate it.