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LIBS 110G: Information Literacy in the Digital Age

Misinformation & Disinformation

Example Broad Topics:

What are misinformation and disinformation?
Social media's influence on misinformation and disinformation
History of fake news
How misinformation and disinformation spread
Impacts of misinformation on...

Across the Great Divide: How Today's College Students Engage with News
Journal Article
Cross-platform Disinformation Campaigns: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Article from Harvard Kennedy School's Misinformation Review
Learning to Spot Fake News: Start With A Gut Check
Kamenetz, A. (2017). NPR Ed: How learning happens.
The Macdeonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News
Subramanian, S. (2017). The Wired.
Media Literacy and Fake News: A Syllabus
Provides links to related articles.
Q&A: Misinformation and Coronavirus
Article for a general audience.
Vulnerable populations and misinformation: A mixed-methods approach to underserved older adults’ online information assessment
Peer-reviewed journal article available via the ODU Libraries

Information Warfare

Example Broad Topics:

Information warfare
Psychological warfare and information warfare
Information warfare and AI

Cyberwar and Information Warfare
E-book available via the ODU Libraries.
Spam Nation the Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime: From Global Epidemic to Your Front Door
Print book available at the ODU Libraries.

Healthcare

Example Broad Topics:

Consumers seeking health advice online; self-diagnosis, self-treatment
Spread of information during COVID-19 and other pandemics
Vaccine hesitancy

Promoting Information Literacy by Promoting Health Literacy in the Information Society
Article provided by ODU Libraries
Medical Misinformation and Social Harm in non-Science Based Health Practices
e-book provided by ODU Libraries