We would like to welcome you to an online workshop, bringing together communication scholars, philosophers and practitioners, in order to discuss the spread of "Epistemically Toxic Content" online. Registration here: https://forms.gle/cZQiwp1zegoEteNg8 The full program can be found below, and in the registration form. Program Beyond Fake News: Mitigating the Spread of Epistemically Toxic Content An International Online Workshop Department of Management Information Systems, Zefat Academic College Department of Philosophy, University of Haifa Organized by Aviv Barnoy, Ori Freiman, Arnon Keren and Boaz MIller April 21-22, 2021 All times are in Israel Standard Time (GMT+2) Participation in the workshop is free. To receive a participation link, please pre-register at https://forms.gle/cZQiwp1zegoEteNg8 by April 19, 2021. Day 1: Wednesday, April 21 17:00 – 17:05 | Welcome Greetings Professor Daniel Statman, Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Haifa 17:05 - 18:05 | Session 1: Improving Users' Skills Axel Gelfert | Philosophy, Literature, History of Science and Technology | Technical University of Berlin | Cultivating epistemic routines for navigating toxic epistemic environments Sarit Barzilai | Education | University of Haifa | Beyond technological fixes and nudges: An educational approach to addressing misinformation 18:15 - 19:15 | Session 2: Norms of Posting and Sharing Sacha Altay | Cognitive Science | Institut Jean Nicod | Understanding the spread of fake news Glenn Anderau | Philosophy | University of Zürich | Passive testimony: Exploring social media as an epistemic environment 19:30 - 20:30 | Session 3: Public Manipulation C. Thi Nguyen | Philosophy | University of Utah | The Seductions of Clarity Richard Rogers | New Media & Digital Culture | University of Amsterdam | Mainstreaming the fringe: How misinformation propagates on social media Day 2: Thursday, April 21 17:00 – 17:05 | Welcome Greetings Professor Opher Etzion, Chair, Department of Management Information Systems, Zefat Academic College 17:05 - 18:05 | Session 4: Global Perspectives Fábio Ribeiro | UTAD | CECS-UMinho| Assessing the quality of the online comments: A methodological proposal from journalistic websites in Portugal, Brazil and Spain Desmond Onyemechi Okocha, Samson A. Shaibu, and Melchizedec J. Onobe | Mass Communication | Bingham University | X-raying the multidimensional implications of institutionalized fake news and disinformation on Nigerian pluralistic society 18:15 - 19:15 | Session 5: Mitigating the Flow of Toxic Content Isaac Record | Lyman Briggs College | Michigan State University | People, Posts, and Platforms: Reducing the spread of online toxicity by contextualizing content and setting norms Aviv Barnoy | Management Information Systems | Zefat Academic College | Philosophy | University of Haifa | Mitigating the spread of epistemically toxic content 19:30 – 20:40 | Closing Session Presenter: Karen Frost-Arnold | Philosophy | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Epistemic Trash and Toxic Content Commentator: Anat Ben David | Sociology, Political Science and Communication | Open University of Israel Concluding Remarks: Arnon Keren | Philosophy | University of Haifa Boaz Miller | Management Information Systems | Zefat Academic College --- Aviv Barnoy, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Community Information Systems, Zefat Academic College & Department of Philosophy, University of Haifa M: +972528748969 *Check out my latest publications <http://avivbarnoy.com>:* The Visual Boundaries of Journalism: Native advertising and the convergence of editorial and commercial content <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2020.1836980> (Digital Journalism) / Trusting Others: A Pareto distribution of source and message credibility among news reporters <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0093650220911814> (Communication Research) / How News Become “News” in Increasingly Complex Ecosystems <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1461670X.2020.1716830> (Journalism studies) / The When, Why, How and So-what of Verifications <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1461670X.2019.1593881> (Journalism studies). *Hebrew:* ריאיון בגלובס על תוכן רעיל ופייק-ניוז <https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001354527> / מאמר בעין השביעית על תוכן שיווקי <https://www.the7eye.org.il/399815> / ראיון בגלי צה"ל <https://bit.ly/37SW2mZ>