Information
What is it about
How do we react to rumors, lies and manipulation attempts? In this 90-minute online workshop, communication scientist and editor Thilo Baum, author of "Immune to Nonsense" and "Information Literacy", will teach you the most important skills for recognizing false information and dealing with it safely.
You will learn, among other things:
- Why rumors and conspiracy stories don't have to unsettle you
- The difference between lies and opinions
- How information professionals deal with allegations
- How disinformation works and why it is dangerous - even in a professional environment
- Why science is not a matter of faith
- Experience an exciting excursion into propositional logic, epistemology and editorial thinking - practical and to the point.
Speaker
Thilo Baum is a communication scientist, journalist and author ("Komm zum Punkt!", "Die Kundenbrille" and others). He has been researching how to deal with misinformation since the coronavirus pandemic. In 2024, he published the book "Immun gegen Unsinn. Wie wir uns eine fundierte Meinung bilden" and in 2025 the workbook "Informationskompetenz. How to become resilient to manipulation". Thilo Baum is the founder of the Information Literacy Network.
Format
Webinar
Target group
Alumni