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Information Literacy Outreach In A Fake News World, Debbie Morrow
Information Literacy Outreach In A Fake News World, Debbie Morrow
Debbie Morrow
Untrue and non-factual information is nothing new. Human communication is complex and nuanced, and throughout human history the communication of facts, opinions, feelings, learning and lore has included the potential for misinformation and disinformation as well as objective report and empirical truth. In our present environment, from the personal and local to the societal and global, we are grappling with the intensifying effects of the Internet and social media in altering how we know, what we think we know, and how we talk about what we know or believe. The popular shorthand today for what a person finds unbelievable or …
Information Literacy Outreach In A Fake News World, Debbie Morrow
Information Literacy Outreach In A Fake News World, Debbie Morrow
Debbie Morrow
In a “post-truth” society how do we sustain an informed citizenry, the underpinning of our democracy? What news is “fake” and which facts are “alternative”? Crucially, how do we educate students to evaluate the information they encounter in a variety of contexts and disciplines? How can librarians take the lead in teaching that "authority is constructed and contextual"? This session offers some ideas culled from outreach and contact opportunities around campus during the last year [2017].