Do you allow just anyone to enter your home? Do you reveal your suffering to anyone who will listen? Do you ever find yourself holding back from full self-expression because you do not trust your current social context? Do you accept friend requests from everyone who asks to be your friend on Facebook? Do you believe most things you read on X (formerly 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 interactions to social media, to looking for help, 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 trustworthy than others? Why?
The Extending Empathy Project is pleased to collaborate with The American Democracy Project to bring to you this series of colloquia geared toward examining just how thoroughly trust determines the course of our lives. Each talk will focus on how trust works at different levels of engagement, beginning with one-on-one interaction, then the media, then social media such as X, and then, finally, democracy itself.
All of these presentations will take place on Zoom and are free and open to the public. All sessions have the same registration link:
Misplaced Trust: What Role Does Trust Have in Conspiratorial Thinking?
Anna George, M.S., Oxford Internet Institute, and Dr. Eric Wesselmann, Illinois State University
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
4:-5:30 p.m. CST
Trust and Media in a Post-Truth Era
Dr. Steve Hunt, School of Communications, Illinois State University
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
4-5:30 p.m. CST
Enhancing Trust by Dismantling Stigma: An Ecological Perspective
Dr. Daniel Lannin, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
4-5:30 p.m. CST
“Why Can’t I Trust You?” The Neuroscience and Psychology of Trust
Dr. J. Scott Jordan, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
4-5:30 p.m. CST
Confronting America’s Legitimacy Crisis: (Dis)Trust, Precarity, and the Necessity of Democratic Reforms
Dr. Byron Craig and Dr. Steve Rahko, School of Communications, Illinois State University
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
4-5:30 pm. CST
For more information, visit The Extending Empathy Project website.
