Fake News in Context defines fake news and sets it within a historical and international context. Helping readers to become more skilled at detecting misinformation, the book also demonstrates how such knowledge can be leveraged to facilitate more effective engagement in civic education.
Distinguishing between fake news and other forms of misinformation, the book explains the complete communication cycle of fake news: how and why it is created, disseminated and accessed. The book then explains the physical and psychological reasons why people believe fake news. Providing generic methods for identifying fake news, Farmer also explains the use of fact- checking tools and automated algorithms. The book then details how various literacies, including news, media, visual, information, digital and data, offer unique concepts and skills that can help interpret fake news. Arguing that individuals and groups can respond and counter fake news, which leads to civic engagement and digital citizenship, the book concludes by providing strategies for instruction and tips for collaborating with librarians.
Including a range of international examples, Fake News in Context will be of interest to teaching faculty, and students of library and information science, communication studies, media studies, politics and journalism. Librarians and information professionals will also find a valuable resource in this book.
Author(s): Lesley S. J. Farmer
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of contents
Figures
Tables
1 Introduction
What is the extent of fake news?
What are the consequences of fake news?
How can fake news be addressed?
How this book addresses fake news
References
2 The communication context
A brief historical background
The communication cycle of fake news
Creating fake news
Disseminating fake news
Accessing fake news
Processing fake news
Acting on fake news
References
3 The discernment context
Reviewing what is news
Heuristics
Manual fact-checkers
Automated fact-checking
Comparing news sources
A note about culture
In sum
References
4 The responsibility context
Subject experts
Journalists
Media outlets
Social networking services
Government agencies
Consumers and knowledge
Educators and information professionals
References
5 The literacy context
News literacy
News information neighborhoods
Processing news information
News literacy activities
Visual literacy
Visual representations
Visual journalists
Visual elements and principles
Visual literacy issues
Visual literacy activities
Audio literacy
Audio literacy dimensions
Producing and disseminating audio messages
Audio literacy activities
Data literacy
Data journalism
Defining data literacy skills
Statistical literacy
STEM data literacy
Data visualization
Data literacy education resources and activities
Media literacy
Television as media
Media literacy for advertising
Media literacy standards
Media literacy education resources and activities
Digital literacy
Technology in society
Digital media production
Digital literacy standards
Digital literacy activities
Information literacy
Information literacy for producing the news
Information literacy issues related to fake news
Information literacy models and standards for the news consumer
Information literacy activities
References
6 The civic engagement context
Civic engagement
Models of civic engagement
Impact of civic engagement
Conditions for civic engagement
Personal conditions
Communication skills
Civic space
Technology
Civic engagement challenges
Civics education
Curriculum
Civics education learning activities
Community-based civic engagement
Digital citizenship
Definitions
Models and standards
Digital citizenship education
News-related community-based civic engagement examples
Action research
Citizen journalism
Citizen science
Arts activism
References
7 The curriculum context
Curriculum issues
Competencies
Developing a curriculum
Instructional design and strategies
Librarians’ roles and collaboration
Sample news literacy and fake news curriculum
One-shot presentation example
WebQuest on fake news (long version)
WebQuest on fake news (shorter version)
Fake news: A middle school curriculum
Fake news: A high school curriculum
References
Index
