All That's Not Fit to Print: Fake News and the Call to Action for Librarians and Information Professionals
"Dewey Defeats Truman." "Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby."  
Fake news may have reached new notoriety since the 2016 US election, but it has been around a long time. Whether it was an error in judgment in a rush to publish election results in November, 1948, or a tabloid cover designed to incite an eye roll and a chuckle in June, 1993, fake news has permeated and influenced culture since the inception of the printed press. But now, when almost every press conference at the White House contains a declaration of the evils of "fake news", evaluating information integrity and quality is more important than ever. 
In All That’s Not Fit to Print, Amy Affelt offers tools and techniques for spotting fake news and discusses best practices for finding high quality sources, information, and data. Including an analysis of the relationship between fake news and social media, and potential remedies for viral fake news, Affelt explores the future of the press and the skills that librarians will need, not only to navigate these murky waters, but also to lead information consumers in to that future. 
For any librarian or information professional, or anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the struggle of determining the true from the false, this book is a fundamental guide to facing the tides of fake news.
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All That's Not Fit to Print: Fake News and the Call to Action for Librarians and Information Professionals
"Dewey Defeats Truman." "Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby."  
Fake news may have reached new notoriety since the 2016 US election, but it has been around a long time. Whether it was an error in judgment in a rush to publish election results in November, 1948, or a tabloid cover designed to incite an eye roll and a chuckle in June, 1993, fake news has permeated and influenced culture since the inception of the printed press. But now, when almost every press conference at the White House contains a declaration of the evils of "fake news", evaluating information integrity and quality is more important than ever. 
In All That’s Not Fit to Print, Amy Affelt offers tools and techniques for spotting fake news and discusses best practices for finding high quality sources, information, and data. Including an analysis of the relationship between fake news and social media, and potential remedies for viral fake news, Affelt explores the future of the press and the skills that librarians will need, not only to navigate these murky waters, but also to lead information consumers in to that future. 
For any librarian or information professional, or anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the struggle of determining the true from the false, this book is a fundamental guide to facing the tides of fake news.
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All That's Not Fit to Print: Fake News and the Call to Action for Librarians and Information Professionals

All That's Not Fit to Print: Fake News and the Call to Action for Librarians and Information Professionals

by Amy Affelt
All That's Not Fit to Print: Fake News and the Call to Action for Librarians and Information Professionals

All That's Not Fit to Print: Fake News and the Call to Action for Librarians and Information Professionals

by Amy Affelt

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"Dewey Defeats Truman." "Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby."  
Fake news may have reached new notoriety since the 2016 US election, but it has been around a long time. Whether it was an error in judgment in a rush to publish election results in November, 1948, or a tabloid cover designed to incite an eye roll and a chuckle in June, 1993, fake news has permeated and influenced culture since the inception of the printed press. But now, when almost every press conference at the White House contains a declaration of the evils of "fake news", evaluating information integrity and quality is more important than ever. 
In All That’s Not Fit to Print, Amy Affelt offers tools and techniques for spotting fake news and discusses best practices for finding high quality sources, information, and data. Including an analysis of the relationship between fake news and social media, and potential remedies for viral fake news, Affelt explores the future of the press and the skills that librarians will need, not only to navigate these murky waters, but also to lead information consumers in to that future. 
For any librarian or information professional, or anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the struggle of determining the true from the false, this book is a fundamental guide to facing the tides of fake news.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789733648
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 05/21/2019
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Amy Affelt has spent her entire career in economic consulting, and frequently writes and speaks on fake news, Big Data, Internet of Things, adding value to information, and evaluating information integrity and quality. She is the author of The Accidental Data Scientist: Big Data Applications and Opportunities for Librarians and Information Professionals (Information Today, 2015), and is the Big Data columnist for EContent Magazine. She is a Fellow of the Special Libraries Association.

Table of Contents

Introduction 
1. Fake News: False Content in a Familiar Format 
2. How We Got Here 
3. Sharing is Not Caring: Fake News and Social Media 
4. How To Spot Fake News 
5. Fake News In The Field: Library Schools and Libraries 
6. The Future of Fake News: The View From Here
Conclusion
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