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THE EXTENDING EMPATHY PROJECT PRESENTS TRUST 101: WHO TO LET IN, WHO TO KEEP OUT?
Thursday, May 25, 2023 , 9:30 am – 11:30 am CDT
May 16, 18, 23, 25 (Tuesdays/Thursdays) 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Attend in person at ISU’s Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal
OR
Watch Online via Zoom
FEES:
$35 for Senior Professional members (includes all four sessions)
$45 for non-members (includes all four sessions)
For in person, pricing is per person.
For ZOOM, one registration per household.
Price includes:
Four 2-hour sessions (one Academy of Seniors class).
$15 single-session option available for in-person (pay at door).
Register online at seniorprofessionals.illinoisstate.edu or call (309) 438-2160.
Seating is limited for in-person viewing.
Zoom participants will receive a Zoom link a week prior to the class(es) for which they have signed up and again on the day of each session.
Class Description
Do you allow just anyone to enter your home? Do you accept friend requests from everyone who asks to be your friend on Facebook? Do you believe most things you read on Twitter and other social media? Do you act as if your vote is counted properly in local, state and federal elections?
Trust permeates our daily lives, from one-on-one interaction to social media, to casting a ballot in an election. How do we decide who or what to trust? Is there a right or wrong way to trust? Are some people, social media sites and forms of government more trustable than others? Why?
This class will examine just how thoroughly trust determines the course of our lives. Each talk will focus on how trust works at a different level of engagement, beginning with one-on-one interaction, then the media, then social media, and finally, democracy itself.
May 16 – Why Can’t I Trust You? The Neuroscience and Psychology of Trust
J. Scott Jordan, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, ISU
May 18 – Trust After Twitter: What Happened to Online Trust, and How Can It Be Re-established?
Nathan Carpenter, Director of Convergent Media and Coordinator of Social Media Analytics Command Center, School of Communication, ISU
May 23 – Trust and Media in a Post-Truth Era
Steve Hunt, Professor and Executive Director, School of Communication, ISU
May 25 – Confronting America’s Legitimacy Crisis: Race, Precarity and the Necessity of Democratic Reforms
Byron Craig, Assistant Professor, School of Communication, ISU Steve Rahko, Assistant Professor, School of Communication, ISU
Steve Rahko, Assistant Professor, School of Communication, ISU
