May 28, 2014 Update Sadly, this time it is true. Dr. Maya Angelou has died at age 86. Original Post: Oct. 4 2009 "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" is a Mark Twain classic, which … [Read more...]
You are here: Home / Archives for misinformation
What I Learned From Maya Angelou’s Mark Twain Media Moment
Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 2009 Women's Health Conference, accountability, Age of Conversation2, Age-of-Conversation, AOC Authors, AOC3, Chris Brogan, citizen-journalism, crowd-powered, crowdsourcing, Digital, digital citizenship, Digizens, duped, fact checking, fake, false alarm, False reports, feeling good in tough times, gossip, hospital report false, Hospitalization, I know why the caged bird sings, illness, influencers, journalism, Journalist Express, Kids, living legends, mainstream media, Mark Twain, maya angelou, media awareness, media-literacy, misinformation, MSM, NAMLE, NBC Bay Area, new media, News media, NowPublic, octagenarian, PEJ, Pew Research, Phony, poetry, Rumors, social responsibility, TMZ, trending topics, Truemors, Trust Agents, Tweets, Twitter, wellness, womens health
Media, Misinformation and Unhealthy Spin

August 14, 2009 I'm very thankful that Shaping Youth Nutrition Correspondent Rebecca Scritchfield, RD takes the helm today with her piece "The Price of Misinformation in Media," as I’m trying to … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: ACSM, activity, ADA, appetite, children, Critical-thinking-skills, diabetes, dietician, disease, elite nutrition, exercise, expert, FDA, fitness, food labeling, food marketing, GMA, health, Health News Review, healthGAMERS, Johns Hopkins, journalists, junk science, junk-food, Kids, label lingo, lifestyle nutritionists, media awareness, media-literacy, mindfulness, misinformation, Myth of Exercise, nutrition news, nutritionist, obesity, overweight, preteen, RD, sedentary, sports nutrition, talking heads, teens, Time, Time magazine, trained, uncredentialed, wellness