How to Evaluate the Reliability of Online Information
The internet makes it possible to find information about nearly any subject within seconds. That convenience, however, does not guarantee accuracy. Search results may combine peer-reviewed research, personal opinions, commercial material, outdated pages, and deliberately misleading claims. Evaluating what we read has therefore become an essential part of everyday digital literacy, whether the topic is […]
The cost of ‘moving forward’ too quickly in transitioning democracies.
At a recent conference I spoke at on ‘Accompanying missing person’s families through ambiguous loss’, one participant asked, how can you get someone to move forward with their grief over a missing loved one even if they don’t want to? Created by Pauline Boss, the theory of ambiguous loss is helpful in thinking about the phenomena of […]
