Information Literacy and Libraries in the Age of Fake News
eBook - ePub

Information Literacy and Libraries in the Age of Fake News

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Information Literacy and Libraries in the Age of Fake News

About this book

Going beyond the fake news problem, this book tackles the broader issue of teaching library users of all types how to become more critical consumers and sharers of information. As a public, school, or academic librarian or educator, you can help library users to become more conscious and responsible consumers of information. As you read, you'll gain a better understanding and appreciation of the core concepts involved in promoting critical information literacy, such as information ethics, media literacy, and civic education. You'll also learn the history of fake news and come away with practical ideas in mind for strategies to apply in your library. Chapters contributed by leading experts in public, academic, and school library services are written in plain, everyday language that librarians and library school students can easily understand and relate to their own experiences as information users, especially their experiences in social media and other online venues where sharing false information takes only a click.

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Yes, you can access Information Literacy and Libraries in the Age of Fake News by Denise E. Agosto in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Communication Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. One: An Introduction to Information Literacy and Libraries in the Age of Fake News
  8. Two: From Yellow Journalism to Tabloids to Clickbait: The Origins of Fake News in the United States
  9. Three: Critical Literacy as an Approach to Combating Cultural Misinformation/Disinformation on the Internet
  10. Four: From Information Literacy to Full Participation in Society: Through the Lens of Economic Inequality
  11. Five: Misinformation and Intellectual Freedom in Libraries
  12. Six: Fighting Fake News: The Limits of Critical Thinking and Free Speech
  13. Seven: Truth, Post-Truth, and Information Literacy: Evaluating Sources
  14. Eight: We Got This: Public Libraries as Defenders against Fake News
  15. Nine: School Librarians: Partners in the Fight against Fake News
  16. Ten: Information and Media Literacy Education: The Role of School Libraries
  17. Eleven: Cultivating Students as Educated Citizens: The Role of Academic Libraries
  18. Twelve: “Survey Says …”: Developing Students’ Critical Data Literacy
  19. Thirteen: Fake News and Academic Librarians: A Hook for Introducing Undergraduate Students to Information Literacy
  20. Index