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Parlez-vous Free Speech?

Election disinformation believers, censored on Twitter but welcomed on Parler, prompt society to consider the value of the unfettered freedom to spread dangerously false information.

November 30, 2020February 13, 2021 Jamie Gregory First Amendment, News Literacy, Social Media
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US Moves up to 45th place in World Press Freedom Index for 2020

Reporters without Borders recently released the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, which attempts to measure press freedoms worldwide. This year, they ranked the United States 45th out of 180 countries; up 3 spots from 48th in 2019.

June 1, 2020May 27, 2020 Lisa Hoover Censorship
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Fake News, State Standards, and Media Literacy

Over the past few years, several state legislatures have considered strengthening media literacy skills instruction in schools based on recent research findings. But how can teachers instruct students to become critical consumers of media if politicians falsely label credible sources of information as “fake news?”

March 3, 2020February 13, 2021 Jamie Gregory Education, Legislation, News Literacy, Political Viewpoint, School Libraries
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Impact of Mis/Disinformation on Health Care Information Literacy

So, what do patients do when they can’t get the information that they need? Well, they look elsewhere. The place they look? The library. One study reported that 60% of survey participants stated that libraries were among their preferred sources of health information.

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 Rebecca Hill Information Literacy
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America Trusts the Library

A recent Pew poll indicates that a majority of Americans not only realize that they are often surrounded by misinformation, but also that the library can help them wade through it all.

September 13, 2017 Sarah Hicks Encryption, General Interest, News Literacy
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