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Information literacy and libraries in the age of fake news / edited by Denise E. Agosto.

Contributor(s): Agosto, Denise E. (editor)Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Santa Barbara : Libraries Unlimited, 2018. Description: x, 184 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781440864186; 9781440864193Subject(s): Information literacy | Information literacy study and teachingDDC classification: 028.7 Online resources: WorldCat Details
Contents:
Table of contents An introduction to information literacy and libraries in the age of fake news / Denise E. Agosto From yellow journalism to tabloids to clickbait: the origins of fake news in the United States / Sharon McQueen Critical literacy as an approach to combating cultural misinformation/disinformation on the internet / Nicole A. Cooke From information literacy to full participation in society: through the lens of economic inequality / Mark Winston Misinformation and intellectual freedom in libraries / Shannon M. Oltmann Fighting fake news: the limits of critical thinking and free speech / Kay Mathiesen Truth, post-truth, and information literacy: evaluating sources / Joanna M. Burkhardt We got this: public libraries as defenders against fake news / Ben Himmelfarb School librarians: partners in the fight against fake news / Kristen Mattson Information and media literacy education: the role of school libraries / Belinha De Abreu Cultivating students as educated citizens: the role of academic libraries / Hailey Mooney, Jo Angela Oehrli, and Shevon Desai Survey says ... : developing students' critical data literacy / Caitlin Shanley and Kristina M. De Voe Fake news and academic librarians: a hook for introducing undergraduate students to information literacy / Carolina Hernandez
Summary: 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. Discusses core concepts involved in promoting critical information literacy, such as information ethics, media literacy, and civic education. Includes the history of fake news, and strategies to apply in your library to help library users become more conscious and responsible consumers of information
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Table of contents An introduction to information literacy and libraries in the age of fake news / Denise E. Agosto
From yellow journalism to tabloids to clickbait: the origins of fake news in the United States / Sharon McQueen
Critical literacy as an approach to combating cultural misinformation/disinformation on the internet / Nicole A. Cooke
From information literacy to full participation in society: through the lens of economic inequality / Mark Winston
Misinformation and intellectual freedom in libraries / Shannon M. Oltmann
Fighting fake news: the limits of critical thinking and free speech / Kay Mathiesen
Truth, post-truth, and information literacy: evaluating sources / Joanna M. Burkhardt
We got this: public libraries as defenders against fake news / Ben Himmelfarb
School librarians: partners in the fight against fake news / Kristen Mattson
Information and media literacy education: the role of school libraries / Belinha De Abreu
Cultivating students as educated citizens: the role of academic libraries / Hailey Mooney, Jo Angela Oehrli, and Shevon Desai
Survey says ... : developing students' critical data literacy / Caitlin Shanley and Kristina M. De Voe
Fake news and academic librarians: a hook for introducing undergraduate students to information literacy / Carolina Hernandez

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. Discusses core concepts involved in promoting critical information literacy, such as information ethics, media literacy, and civic education. Includes the history of fake news, and strategies to apply in your library to help library users become more conscious and responsible consumers of information

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