Research Literacy: The Tool for Promoting Positive Social Change in the (Dis)Information Age?

In the last decade, we have seen the World Wide Web and other impressive communication technologies that emerged in the Information Age morph into tools that drive social divisiveness, misinformation, and disinformation among our population. Can scientific and research literacy light the way to a common ground and positive social change? Will a rising tide of rational, evidence-based thinking be able to overcome the pressures of a post-fact social movement and confront the global challenges facing us today? (36 minutes) Note: This version is a reprise of the original plenary speech, which was not captured due to technical problems. Recommended Citation Clay, O. O. (2020, October 1-2). Research literacy: The tool for promoting positive social change in the (Dis)information Age? [Plenary speech]. Walden University Research Conference 2020 (online). https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/researchconference/2020/plenaries/6