- "Trust Me" brings awareness of peoples' need for media literacy to build trust, resilience, lessen polarization, support credible journalism, and preserve democracy.
- TRUST ME uses stories, facts and experts to explain how our lack of media literacy is hurting us and how the media is negatively affecting our perspective of the world. True stories of how mis-information can result in real problems are meant to provoke thought and action in viewers. An avalanche of negative news has led many to believe the world is scary. Sensational media take advantage of our survival instincts to earn more clicks and ad revenue with scary and shocking headlines - many of which aren't even true - and we're enabling them each time we share. When our fear goes up, our trust comes down. Being distrustful of each other increases how divided we feel. The truth is,violence, crime and extreme poverty have decreased significantly since 1900 while access to education, medicine and technology have significantly increased. Over 15 experts were interviewed on the topic of media literacy. Those experts include media literacy organization directors and founders, professors of psychology, journalism, education and media studies, a former fake news creator, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, several authors and a neuroscientist. Several real life examples help explain why our current methods of consuming media aren't healthy. From New Zealand to Chicago not knowing how to gather trustworthy information online has led to serious problems. One school in Colorado has soared in academic performance since making major changes to their phone usage policies. Meanwhile, Russia takes advantage of technology by posing as Americans on social platforms and spreading hate, distrust and misinformation.—Christine Nichols
- "TRUST ME" explores why we're attracted to stories about violence, how media outlets capitalize on that, and how we gather and share information in the digital age. It explores confirmation bias and how neurological traits interact with web algorithms to distort how we see the world. "TRUST ME" delivers a front row seat to the efforts of individuals, educators, and government regulators to promote journalistic integrity and media literacy around the world
Viewers hear stories from across the U.S. and around the world. Renowned scientists and journalists provide opinions of how media "ill-literacy" has led to these most sensational news stories and how media literacy helps overcome some of today's critical issues. Oscar-nominated Director, Roko Belic interviewed prominent social scientists, journalists and educators, for example, Steven Pinker -psychologist and author of "Enlightenment Now", Matt Ridley - member of the UK House of Lords and author of "The Rational Optimist" and Paul Zak - Neuroscience professor at Claremont Graduate University and author of "Trust Factor", as well as other leading experts.
Compelling human stories and expert interviews unveil ways audiences can detect manipulation from media sources, how they can identify valid messaging and self-limit their own sharing/reporting of credible facts, leading to a positive influence on the state of mental health. In short, the film informs viewers of ways to properly analyze and qualify the voluminous barrage of information along with mis- and dis-information we receive today.
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