With a partner, you will submit a paper via Blackboard which analyzes the dissemination of and response to misinformation and disinformation around Covid-19. You can select a particular aspect of the pandemic to focus on such as masking or vaccination. Using course concepts,1) describe, in some detail, a couple strategies that have been used or are being used to misinform the public about your topic (e.g., vaccination), 2) explain why those strategies have been effective on some people, and 3) describe, in some detail, two strategies for helping to overcome some of the misinformation related to your topic.
Paper Partners
Gala Ehumah / Hannah Osborn
Lindsey Novak / Stephanie Kowalczyk / Taylor Price
Breanna Adams / Sarah Lynch
Katty Juarez / Grace Malatia
Becca Murray / John Petty
Julia Krause / Megan Schopp
Nicole Bober / Madeline Blotnik
Kylee Frey / Zaya Battsogt
Lukas Gallo / Cecilia Johnson
Amani Jones / Olivia Martin
Nikki Rong / Alyssa Garcia
Gwenyth Savino / Brynn Schlaht
Julian Higueros / Lina Zochowski
Avery Howard / Alexa Sherlund
Arielle Essex / Raya Plata
With a partner, you will submit a paper via Blackboard which answers the question of whether or not systemic racism currently exists in one of the United States' institutions. Using course concepts, 1) describe, in some detail, the evidence that supports or refutes the idea that systemic racism exists within the institution you selected, 2) explain why that racism does or no longer does exist in the institution, and 3) describe, in some detail, two strategies for helping to reduce the systemic racism in that institution (if you said it still exists) OR two strategies to help prevent systemic racism from reappearing in that institution (if you concluded it no longer exists).