The use of critical thinking to identify fake news: A systematic literature review

P Machete, M Turpin - Responsible Design, Implementation and Use of …, 2020 - Springer
With the large amount of news currently being published online, the ability to evaluate the
credibility of online news has become essential. While there are many studies involving fake …

Librarians against fake news: A systematic literature review of library practices (Jan. 2018–Sept. 2020)

J Revez, L Corujo - The journal of academic librarianship, 2021 - Elsevier
This study's purpose is to systematically review the literature to identify the most recent
library practices against fake news. Libraries are perceived as an important player against …

Good news, bad news, and fake news: going beyond political literacy to democracy and libraries

J Buschman - Journal of Documentation, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Library and Information Science (LIS) has seen an explosion of responses to fake
news in the aftermath of the 2016 US election, political in nature, eschewing “neutrality” …

Libraries and fake news: What's the problem? What's the plan?

MC Sullivan - Communications in Information Literacy, 2019 - pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu
This article surveys the library and information science (LIS) response to the problems of
fake news and misinformation from the 2016 US presidential election to the end of 2018 …

Re-thinking information ethics: truth, conspiracy theories, and librarians in the COVID-19 era

P Lor, B Wiles, J Britz - Libri, 2021 - degruyter.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is an international public health crisis without precedent in the last
century. The novelty and rapid spread of the virus have added a new urgency to the …

Twitter communication of university libraries in the face of Covid-19

S Martínez-Cardama… - Profesional de …, 2020 - revista.profesionaldelainformacion …
Libraries have had to reorient their activities and services due to the closure of their physical
facilities during the Covid-19 crisis. In the framework of higher education, educational …

Preparing the instructional librarian: Representation of ACRL roles and strengths in MLS course descriptions

SJ Valenti, BD Lund - College & Research Libraries, 2021 - crl.acrl.org
As the need for librarians to provide instruction on information literacy and other teaching
topics increases, masters of library science students, in turn, need to become better …

Fake or for real? A fake news workshop

K Hanz, ES Kingsland - Reference services review, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper seeks to provide an in-depth overview of a series of fake
news information literacy library workshops, which were offered 19 times over the course of …

The role of libraries in the fake news era: a survey of information scientists and library science students in Greece

PE Skarpa, E Garoufallou - Online Information Review, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Currently, knowing where to seek for reliable information may be one of the most
important human skills. Data reliability is a matter of debate. The online dissemination of …

News consumption and behavior of young adults and the issue of fake news

Z Nazari, M Oruji, HR Jamali - Journal of Information Science …, 2022 - koreascience.kr
This study aimed to understand young adults' attitudes concerning news and news
resources they consumed, and how they encounter the fake news phenomenon. A …