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Last month, we introduced a new weekly feature to keep our readers posted on local job and internship opportunities. Every Monday, we round up the latest information from the region’s top job boards, offering a breakdown of how many jobs are posted, which companies are hiring and for what positions. We’ve also included upcoming job fairs, student-centric resources from local colleges and universities, and a list of Twitter accounts that track local job openings.
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Third annual Women in Business Summit happening March 6
The Women in Business Summit at Chico State will be held virtually this year. Kristen Minetti joined Action News Now Scott Rates to share the details on the March 6 event.
Posted: Feb 25, 2021 12:41 PM
Updated: Feb 25, 2021 12:41 PM
Posted By: Deb Anderaos
CHICO, Calif. – The third annual Women in Business Summit is coming up Saturday, March 6 and tickets are now on sale.
The Women in Business Summit (WIB) is an event co-hosted by the American Marketing Association and the Association for Women in Business. These clubs strive to bring opportunities to women and underrepresented minorities in the business world.
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“Misinformation is more impactful than the correction,” says Michelle A. Amazeen, a College of Communication associate professor of mass communication.
For the past year, Amazeen and Arunima Krishna, a COM assistant professor of public relations, have explored the spread of vaccine misinformation and the efficacy of different efforts to halt it. Although their study started before COVID-19 tore across the United States and their research has focused on vaccines in general Amazeen says the coronavirus pandemic has “magnified how important the work is that we’re doing.”
Misinformation is more impactful than the correction.
–Michelle A. Amazeen
As part of their research, they created a fictitious Facebook post telling the emotional story of a boy who supposedly developed autism after receiving the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Amazeen and Krishna showed the post to around 1,000 participants, then tested three approaches to counteri