Kevin J. Worthen Summary

“Information Literacy: It’s Become a Priority in an Era of Fake News” written by Shannon Najmabadi’s states how critical it is today to be able recognize the truth as lies have become a widespread as they are featured in many sources. Shannon recognizing this predicament is supported by a report by the Stanford University presenting the nerving truth that students are unable to find credible resources. Shannon therefor defines information literacy as the ability to find, evaluate, and use information as an important technique that needs more focus so people know how to gather honest sources. In support of Shannon she uses the lack of information literacy being taught, the change trying to be made, and her call for action as her hope for others

The perpetuation of misinformation can be very difficult to correct and may have lasting effects even after it is discredited. For instance, if an audience is reliant on the information provided by the media to make an informative decision about a topic involving their morals, the validity of the author’s claims will determine the mass majority of their decisions they make in the future. As a result, false information may continue to influence beliefs and attitudes even after being debunked if it is not replaced by an alternate causal explanation.

An article written by Eric Beam, MD and titled “Welcome to post-truth Medicine” was published on the blog The Long White Coat on January 22, 2017. Eric Beam is an internal medicine resident in New York and The Long White Coat is a blog that focuses on healthcare related issues. This article in particular focuses on post-truth in medicine and was written mainly for other doctors, but it also applies to non-doctors. Dr. Beam seamlessly blends together his use of ethos, pathos, and logos to effectively argue that healthcare has been significantly affected in the post-truth era and it needs to stop.

Faith is the belief in a person, thing, or idea without concrete evidence of its certainty. Although in some arenas, such as science, it is looked down upon, faith is ever presence in people's lives. It takes faith to belief that a chair will support one’s weight. It takes faith to belief that others will fulfill their promises and responsibilities. John Donne, Robert Fink, and Annie Dillard are three authors who use faith as a topic for one of their works.

Discuss the way of seeking God. How does faith and understanding relate to or work with each other?

Although many people in modern democracies assume that exposure to facts enlightens the misinformed citizenry, Keohane describes how, on the contrary, when faced with facts, the misinformed public rarely changes its mind. Rather, according to Brenda Nyhan’s study at the University of Michigan, when faced with facts that contradict their version of the truth, many people become “even more set in their beliefs” since they do not want to admit they are wrong. Moreover, this is reinforced by the fact that human brain seeks consistency, meaning that the way it interprets information is biased towards confirming its preconceived notions. This, compounded with the current surplus of misinformation in the media, allows the citizenry to believe

Both readings of Alister E McGrath talk about faith. One focuses on how faith has change over the years and the other reading focuses on the challenges of faith.

We live in a period of time where information is readily available to us. With just a touch of a button we can gather information instantly. Once we have received the information, we need to discover if the information is the truth or false. We have a responsible to seek and find out for yourselves if the information is true. President Uchtdorf encourages us to not jump to conclusions based on our small amount of knowledge or experience. Many of the things we know or believe to be true are just a segment of the truth.

The media has been adversely affected by the explosion of information sources. It has become a tedious and cumbersome endeavor to accurately locate information sources that can stand to even the slightest bit of scrutinizing. For those who attempt to report the truth, they continue to find it

In today’s society, remaining connected and knowledgeable of current events and the newest trends is vital to staying ahead in business, education, and social standing. This information is supplied to everyone through the internet, newspapers, television, and radio. One can tune into stations such as CNN, NBC, Fox News, Al-Jazeera, and many others (“SQs of Media Outlets”). In order to meet the needs of viewers, readers, and listeners, the ideal media system would contain accurate, quick information, with a purely impartial view on the facts as they are known. However, this modern media system has not maintained an objective view, pushing opinionated and slanted reporting onto the population in order to create profit and gain customers. The exploitation of information media for personal gain has created a toxic and inaccurate present, constant in today’s society.

Silverman believes the news while being founded on accurate information, has now become known for lies and rumors. Lack of credentials results in distorted facts, which leads to the routine of claiming and exerting some compelling phrase to receive credibility. Silverman’s goal is to create an awareness in the next generation of journalists, so that the river of polluted information, may someday, return to the

In preparation for week six paper on the selected topic “How does God call”, there are many ways the broad principles of reading and thinking skills enriched research. Many students come into different universities and college and take courses having knowledge, beliefs, and attitude to get there class assignments done. When students bring this awareness to the inside of a classroom, it not only influences what they are willing to accept, but it then blocks the way they look at what is being taught. One thing I love from Thielicke is when he stated “During the period when the voice is changing we do not sing, and during this formative period in the life of the theological student he does not preach.” In other words, when one comes into a new area of life they must then remove and forgot all things in which they have learnt for just a little bit and seek to go higher; but they must open their ears and shut their mouths. If students prior knowledge is healthy, precise and actuated at the appropriate time, it provides a strong foundation for building new knowledge. However, when knowledge is wrong, inadequate, and or inaccurate, it can affect with new learning.

As the world evolves and changes due to the explosion of technology, so does mankind's ways of intellectual comprehension of informative news. The present day of news has overemphasized the meaning of fake news; which represents any form of false information that is illustrated as factual news. That tends to spread throughout the internet and the media. Misinformed news has taken over the world in so many ways, such as the birth of satirical and sketchy news, the financial motivation to publish actual false news, and difficult to sustain news.

In every field of study there is tension in definitions, but in theology, the word theology itself is full of tension. On one hand, it is almost indescribable because it studies God who is without perfect description, but on the other hand St. Anselm’s statement, “faith seeking understanding” seems to describe with perfect flexibility what it means to practice theology. My intent is to attend Graduate school at Marquette University so that I can dive deeper into the history, study, and communication of what it means for faith to seek understanding.

In chapter 11, the author of our text says, in part: “Learning what is true and what is not true is harder today than it once was. The difficulty is not because of a lack of information. We have more information and more points of view available to us than ever in history. A few clicks on any topic and you get thousands of entries. In fact, perhaps we get too much information. We get so much that we are often overwhelmed…. A second problem today is that we should not necessarily believe what we see or hear.” He also says: “Our political culture teaches us to learn to be ignorant about politics.” Our generation is one that has more exposure than any prior generation to twenty four hour reports on multi-media devices. Thanks to the internet and the World Wide Web, we have at our disposal many viewpoints and a wealth of information. This does not necessarily mean that our generation is more informed or knowledgeable than prior ones. Not all information we are exposed to is true or unbiased.