Bring Truth to Fear - Removing Obstacles to Media Literacy & Social Justice
Channel: Bob Van Oosterhout
Date: 2021-07-14

Presentation at NAMLE 2021 Conference 
Fear narrows our focus, blocks learning, stifles curiosity, and pulls our mind to previous ways of seeing things as it draws our focus to evidence that confirms our beliefs.  It solidifies bias that isolates us from others and insulates us from different points of view.  Facts cannot penetrate walls built on fear.  Attempts to show that there may be another way of looking at things only results in thickening those walls. This presentation focuses on understanding the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of fear and how it affects learning and perception while describing specific approaches for effectively dealing with fear in ourselves and others