Fake News & Information Literacy: Designing information literacy to empower students

Authors

Claudia McGivney, State University of New York at Stony BrookFollow
Kathleen Kasten, SUNY Stony BrookFollow
Dana Haugh, SUNY Stony BrookFollow
Jennifer DeVito, SUNY Stony BrookFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 3-2017

Abstract

This paper explores the instability of the notion of “truth” in contemporary discourse and praxis, and its intersections with information literacy as a core priority of academic librarianship. The incorporation of feminist theory within the conceptual structure of information literacy informs the ways in which academic librarians seek to help students and researchers to become more aware of the context and origins of information, and to be able to examine it critically.

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Recommended Citation

McGivney, C., Kasten, K., Haugh, D., DeVito, J. (2017, March). Fake news & information literacy: designing information literacy to empower students. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Equality and Diversity, 3(1), 1-18.