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Information Literacy against Bullshit-Politics

4 February 2025 Hermann Huemer

Understanding is key for classifying events and facts before we judge and base decisions on them.

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Global Media and Information Literacy Week

15 October 2024 Hermann Huemer

24-31 October 2024

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The meaning of dots and dashes.

31 January 2022 Hermann Huemer

Punctuation adds more meaning to words.

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Safer Internet Day 2022

28 January 202231 January 2022 Hermann Huemer

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

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WAU – Information Literacy for Dog Buyers

29 May 2021 Hermann Huemer

the WAU method for buying a dog

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Global Media & Information Literacy Week 2020

24 October 2020 Hermann Huemer

The theme for Global MIL Week 2020 highlights how we can look to addressing disinformation.

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Homeopathy is Witchcraft

7 May 2020 Hermann Huemer

with Dr. Steven Novella (The Sceptics Guide to the Universe)

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Coronavirus Pandemic and the Rhethorics of War

31 March 202031 March 2020 Steve Patriarca

We need to move beyond the rhetoric and reflect not only on the values we seek to preserve but also on what needs to change.

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The Baloney Detection Kit

24 November 201924 November 2019 Hermann Huemer

Science is the best way to understand the world. But pseudosciences are competing for attention and your money.

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Disinformation, Cybersecurity, and Online Influence

12 October 20194 December 2019 Steve Patriarca

Lessons from Eastern Europe — and the West, as noted at an event hosted by the U.S. Embassy Austria in the Amerika Haus, Vienna.

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