BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:de1f0947-3ea7-4fc8-b959-7c82a13b5d85.208099@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T153045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T153045Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Who’s Holding the Megaphone? DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nAccording to a study published in the journal Scie nce\, a false story is more likely to go viral than a true story. Since t here is a vast amount of data available\, your need to critically assess information is more important than ever. Some voices may be louder or mor e obvious than others based on privilege and access. Understanding whose voices are given a bigger amplifier may help people determine how to inte rpret what they hear. How may the person holding the megaphone be challen ged to spread accurate information? In the era of widely dispersed false information\, how do you separate fact from fiction or bias from objectiv ity? How can you use your critical-thinking skills to have the greatest i mpact with your voice? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><arti cle>\n<div></div>\n</article>\n<article>\n<p>Missouri State University in vites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affairs Conference as a live v irtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year's public affairs theme is& nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/the-power-of-voice .htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Links to all live webinar ev ents will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missouris tate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference schedule website</a>.</p>\n< p>According to a study published in the journal Science\, a false story i s more likely to go viral than a true story. Since there is a vast amount of data available\, your need to critically assess information is more i mportant than ever. Some voices may be louder or more obvious than others based on privilege and access. Understanding whose voices are given a bi gger amplifier may help people determine how to interpret what they hear. How may the person holding the megaphone be challenged to spread accurat e information? In the era of widely dispersed false information\, how do you separate fact from fiction or bias from objectivity? How can you use your critical-thinking skills to have the greatest impact with your voice ?</p>\n</article></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T132500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T141500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR