Libraries and Fake News: What's the Problem? What's the Plan?

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Main Author: Sullivan, Matthew C.
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Language:en
Published: 2019
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contents Libraries and Fake News: What's the Problem? What's the Plan? Sullivan, Matthew C. News Reporting Credibility Information Literacy Elections Political Campaigns Librarians Library Science Information Science Interdisciplinary Approach Research Projects Democracy Library Role Trust (Psychology) Public Opinion Problem Solving Citizenship Information Sources This article surveys the library and information science (LIS) response to the problems of fake news and misinformation from the 2016 U.S. presidential election to the end of 2018, focusing on how librarians and other information professionals in the United States have articulated the problems and the paths forward for combating them. Additionally, the article attempts to locate the LIS response in a larger interdisciplinary misinformation research program, provide commentary on the response in view of that research program, and lay out both a possible research agenda for the field and practical next steps for educators ahead of the 2020 election.
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spellingShingle Libraries and Fake News: What's the Problem? What's the Plan?
Sullivan, Matthew C.
News Reporting
Credibility
Information Literacy
Elections
Political Campaigns
Librarians
Library Science
Information Science
Interdisciplinary Approach
Research Projects
Democracy
Library Role
Trust (Psychology)
Public Opinion
Problem Solving
Citizenship
Information Sources
Libraries and Fake News: What's the Problem? What's the Plan? Sullivan, Matthew C. News Reporting Credibility Information Literacy Elections Political Campaigns Librarians Library Science Information Science Interdisciplinary Approach Research Projects Democracy Library Role Trust (Psychology) Public Opinion Problem Solving Citizenship Information Sources This article surveys the library and information science (LIS) response to the problems of fake news and misinformation from the 2016 U.S. presidential election to the end of 2018, focusing on how librarians and other information professionals in the United States have articulated the problems and the paths forward for combating them. Additionally, the article attempts to locate the LIS response in a larger interdisciplinary misinformation research program, provide commentary on the response in view of that research program, and lay out both a possible research agenda for the field and practical next steps for educators ahead of the 2020 election.
title Libraries and Fake News: What's the Problem? What's the Plan?
topic News Reporting
Credibility
Information Literacy
Elections
Political Campaigns
Librarians
Library Science
Information Science
Interdisciplinary Approach
Research Projects
Democracy
Library Role
Trust (Psychology)
Public Opinion
Problem Solving
Citizenship
Information Sources
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1227587