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Este sábado 24 de octubre será el Día Internacional de las Bibliotecas y para conmemorar la ocasión la Biblioteca Regional de Murcia ha decidido organizar una mesa redonda sobre el tema de la desinformación y las fake news, unos de los rasgos definitorios de nuestro tiempo. La mesa redonda, denominada “Bulos, otra pandemia. La biblioteca como recurso anti-bulos”, se emitirá mañana, 23 de octubre, a las 19:30 (CET) en el canal de YouTube de la biblioteca.
No es solo responsabilidad de los medios contrarrestar la información falsa
La Biblioteca Regional depende del Ministerio de Educación y Cultura del Gobierno de la Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia. Está ubicada en la zona céntrica de la Ciudad de Murcia, sin embargo, no es necesario estar allí en persona para ver el debate intelectual ya que se retransmitirá en directo por YouTube.
En la mesa redonda han sido invitados varios expertos, entre ellos: Juan Soto Ivars, escritor y columnista de El Confidencial, Juan Jesús Botí, historiador y especialista en la verificación de hechos históricos, y Margarita Tortosa, química y profesora del IES José Planes de Murcia, que se dedica a contrarrestar los bulos científicos.
La selección de estas personas no fue aleatoria, ya que cada una de ellas representa el tipo de trabajo constante que implica derribar información falsa en diferentes campos, respectivamente los medios de comunicación, la academia y la ciencia.
El evento se organiza con la idea de recordar a los espectadores que la biblioteca es el hogar original de la verdad y en momentos como estos es importante saber que siempre podemos contar con esa institución para seguir cumpliendo este rol.
Se espera que el debate aborde temas como la difusión de noticias falsas en las redes sociales, herramientas y métodos para verificar los hechos y las bibliotecas públicas como recurso frente a las distintas variedades de desinformación.
El video del debate contará con un intérprete de lengua de signos y permanecerá en el canal como recurso para futura visualización y referencia.
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