Media smart : lessons, tips and strategies for librarians, classroom instructors and other information professionals

Summary:

This book offers a toolkit for navigating the fraught information landscape. From the history of media manipulation to practical applications of media literacy, this book provides a thorough grounding in teaching students to defend themselves from mis- and dis-information.

Record details

ISBN: 1783305096
ISBN: 9781783305094
ISBN: 1783305088
ISBN: 9781783305087
Physical Description: xxvii, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: London : Facet Publishing, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A brief history of media and media manipulation -- The psychology of memory and learning -- The Internet, technology and the media -- Selecting sources of information -- Expertise, authority and credibility -- Language in media messages -- Algorithms, bots, trolls, cyborgs and artificial intelligence -- Statistics and data visualization -- Images, reverse image searching and deepfakes -- Media manipulation and fact checking -- The ethics of likes, clicks, shares and data harvesting -- How we can help ourselves.