Navigating fake news, alternative facts, and misinformation in a post-truth world / Kimiz Dalkir [and] Rebecca Katz, McGill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalkir, Kimiz, author.

Contributor:

Dalkir, Kimiz, editor.

Katz, Rebecca, 1987- editor.

Series:

Advances in media, entertainment, and the arts (AMEA) book series. 2475-6814

Advances in media, entertainment, and the arts (AMEA) book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information literacy.

Fake news.

Media literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 375 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global , [2020]

Summary:

""In the current day and age, objective facts have less influence on opinions and decisions than personal emotions and beliefs. Many individuals rely on their social networks to gather information thanks to social media’s ability to share information rapidly and over a much greater geographic range. However, this creates an overall false balance as people tend to seek out information that is compatible with their existing views and values. They deliberately seek out “facts” and data that specifically support their conclusions and classify any information that contradicts their beliefs as “false news.”Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World is a collection of innovative research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. While highlighting topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy, this book is ideally designed for social media managers, technology and software developers, IT specialists, educators, columnists, writers, editors, journalists, broadcasters, newscasters, researchers, policymakers, and students."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. Information literacy: methods to indentify fake news, alternate facts, and misinformation. Chapter 1. Information literacy and science misinformation ; Chapter 2. The needle in the haystack: how information overload is impacting society and our search for truth ; Chapter 3. Ten lessons for the age of disinformation ; Chapter 4. 'Fake news' in the context of information literacy: a Canadian case study

Section 2. The information literacy toolkit: how to acquire the necessary skills to detect fake news, alternate facts, and misinformation. Chapter 5. An empirically supported taxonomy of misinformation ; Chapter 6. Behind the post-truth world: a philosophical perspective on information and media literacy ; Chapter 7. Verification of information and evaluation of approaches of information professionals in accessing accurate information ; Chapter 8. Political advertising effects on perceived bias, value, and credibility in online news

Section 3. National laws and organizational policies: how to ensure consequences of deliberately disseminating fake news, alternate facts, and misinformation. Chapter 9. Brazilian policy and actions to fight against fake news: a discussion focused on critical literacy ; Chapter 10. Spiritualism and the resurgence of fake news ; Chapter 11. Populism, fake news, and the flight from democracy

Section 4. New tools and technologies to help in the fight against fake news, alternate facts, and misinformation. Chapter 12. Cognitive authority, accountability, and the anatomy of lies: experiments to detect fake news in digital environments ; Chapter 13. Combating fake news online: Turkish fact-checking services ; Chapter 14. Understanding the landscape of online deception.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781799825456 (electronic book)

OCLC:

1230151367