EMGT 295 — Navigating Information Landscapes: The Good, the Bad, and the Misleading
Equips students with information literacy skills necessary for evaluating, sharing, and basing decisions on the vast array of sources available in the digital age, with a specific focus on sorting reliable information from misinformation in crisis situations. Explores the signs and effects of “spin” or framing on public information campaigns’ effectiveness and trust in government and/or media institutions. Reviews a variety of intentional and unintentional biases, influences, and logical fallacies, and discusses methods by which public information messaging can combat them to convey essential information to an audience. This course primarily supports the Public Safety Capstone sequence, but is designed to be open and accessible to all disciplines.