Discussion of health literacy and the fight against health misinformation often centers around fact-checking or debunking written materials. However, identifying misleading visualizations and imagery is also a vital skill for navigating the current health information landscape. This interactive session will give you a variety of skills to analyze visual information. Deceptive imagery types covered will include graphs and charts, manipulated images in scientific publications, out-of-context images, and AI-generated imagery.
Upon completing this class, you should be able to:
- Explain why visual misinformation is particularly convincing.
- Recognize how data presentation methods can shape the message conveyed by data.
- Identify out of context images and locate their original context.
- Describe the scope and implications of deliberately manipulated images in biomedical research publications.
- Distinguish between AI-generated and authentic images and videos.
Level
Novice
Recording status
This class will not be recorded.
Class Materials
Class materials will be shared with attendees.