Directed by Joe Phelps, Rosemary Smith and Roko Belic • Documentary • With Steven Pinker • 2020 • 90 minutes
Trust Me explores why humankind is attracted to stories about violence, how media outlets capitalize on that, and how we gather and share information and misinformation in the digital age. The film identifies confirmation bias and how innate neurological traits interact with web algorithms to distort how we see the world.
Trust Me gives audiences a front row seat to the efforts of individuals, educators, and government regulators all the way up to the United Nations, in promoting journalistic integrity and media literacy around the world.
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