Analyzing the Laws of MIL: A Five-Step Scientific Conversation on Critical Information Literacy
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| contents | Analyzing the Laws of MIL: A Five-Step Scientific Conversation on Critical Information Literacy Doyle, Andréa Critical Literacy Information Literacy Media Literacy Social Theories Scientific Methodology Bias Library Science This essay mixes epistemological considerations on truth and science, a critical information literacy exercise on the 5 Laws of MIL (Media and Information Literacy), LIS theory and international experience reports. It is constructed in five parts, in line with the 5 Laws of Media and Information Literacy (Grizzle & Singh, 2016) and Ranganathan's laws (1931). First, a critique of the Laws of MIL is presented; then a specific social context puts the first part into perspective; the feedback from the international community on the first two is followed by new research on library/MIL laws; and finally, matters of space, readers, staff and mutation are addressed in order to open the theme to other interlocutors and experiences that enrich the conversation. It concludes that the scientific method is neither perfectly objective nor completely useless: it has to be understood as a social construction. Furthermore, to put information neutrality utopia definitely behind us, we should expose our biases, rather than pretend to erase them, as a way to build a new trust in science. |
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| spellingShingle | Analyzing the Laws of MIL: A Five-Step Scientific Conversation on Critical Information Literacy Doyle, Andréa Critical Literacy Information Literacy Media Literacy Social Theories Scientific Methodology Bias Library Science Analyzing the Laws of MIL: A Five-Step Scientific Conversation on Critical Information Literacy Doyle, Andréa Critical Literacy Information Literacy Media Literacy Social Theories Scientific Methodology Bias Library Science This essay mixes epistemological considerations on truth and science, a critical information literacy exercise on the 5 Laws of MIL (Media and Information Literacy), LIS theory and international experience reports. It is constructed in five parts, in line with the 5 Laws of Media and Information Literacy (Grizzle & Singh, 2016) and Ranganathan's laws (1931). First, a critique of the Laws of MIL is presented; then a specific social context puts the first part into perspective; the feedback from the international community on the first two is followed by new research on library/MIL laws; and finally, matters of space, readers, staff and mutation are addressed in order to open the theme to other interlocutors and experiences that enrich the conversation. It concludes that the scientific method is neither perfectly objective nor completely useless: it has to be understood as a social construction. Furthermore, to put information neutrality utopia definitely behind us, we should expose our biases, rather than pretend to erase them, as a way to build a new trust in science. |
| title | Analyzing the Laws of MIL: A Five-Step Scientific Conversation on Critical Information Literacy |
| topic | Critical Literacy Information Literacy Media Literacy Social Theories Scientific Methodology Bias Library Science |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1227518 |