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  • Module 1: A Very Brief History of Information
  • Module 2: The Consumption of Information
  • Module 3: Politics and the Legal Landscape of Information
  • Module 4: The Production of Information
  • Module 5: Information Online
  • Module 6: Organizing Information
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Politics, Mass Media, and Science

by LIS101 | Jun 4, 2019 | Advocacy, Blogs, global warming, Interviews, lecture notes, libguides, Readings, video content, Video Content and Multimedia | 0 comments

This overview begins by talking about the political spectrum in the US and then describes the various biases of different news outlets. Attention is paid to different expressions and types of bias. After the relationship between politics and mass media is more fully...

Teacher’s ‘Fake News’ Assignment Goes Wrong, Goes Viral

by LIS101 | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Klein ISD administrators issued a statement Tuesday detailing how students in a digital citizenship curriculum course were tasked with creating a false story in order to show the effect “fake news” has through online media. A screenshot of one...

Facebook, Exploited By Influence Campaigns, Tries To Clamp Down With ‘War Room’

by LIS101 | Oct 23, 2018 | Readings | 0 comments

By: TIM MAK With midterm elections just two weeks away, Facebook says it is ramping up its operations to fight disinformation. The social media behemoth has established a “war room” at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., where specialists try to detect...

Propaganda in Contemporary Society

by LIS101 | Sep 11, 2018 | Blogs, libguides, Research Skills | 0 comments

Propaganda is used to support a narrative in the public’s debate about how the world works, what everything means, and how we should think and act.   In order to create and disseminate propaganda, these are the steps a propagandist might take. Incidentally, I am using...

Lurid Trump allegations made by Louise Mensch and co-writer came from hoaxer

by LIS101 | Aug 29, 2017 | Articles | 0 comments

Explosive allegations about Donald Trump made by online writers with large followings among Trump critics were based on bogus information from a hoaxer who falsely claimed to work in law enforcement.  (Read more in The Guardian)

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