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What is Information Literacy?

​​INFORMATION LITERACY

  • comprises the competencies to recognize information needs and to locate, evaluate, apply and create information within cultural and social contexts;
  • is crucial to the competitive advantage of individuals, enterprises (especially small and medium enterprises), regions and nations;
  • provides the key to effective access, use and creation of content to support economic development, education, health and human services, and all other aspects of contemporary societies.
 
 Alexandria Proclamation on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning. (2005). Information literacy | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved August 13, 2019

Coonan, E., & Jane, S. (2014, April 29). "My dolly’s bigger than your dolly”, or, Why our labels no longer matter. Retrieved August 14, 2019, from https://librariangoddess.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/my-dollys-bigger/ 

"Fake News"

'"Fake News" is lazy language. Be specific. Do you mean:

A) Propaganda
B) Disinformation
C) Conspiracy theory
D) Click Bait'

                Tim Dickinson (@7im). 4 December 2016, 10:05 a.m. Tweet.

Dan Russell on Determining Truth in Media

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