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Russo, Renato; Blikstein, Paulo – Information and Learning Sciences, 2023
Purpose: There are several connections between education and disinformation, including the association between years of schooling and vulnerability to unfounded hypothesizing. The purpose of this paper is to inquire into a competing explanation: political leaders might be exploring powerful teaching and learning strategies to disseminate agendas…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Media, Political Attitudes, Presidents
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Ju Hui Kang; Eun-Young Ko; Gi Woong Choi – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to explore scientific discourses on vaccination in YouTube comments using the Connectivism theory as a foundational guide in the inquiry of understanding knowledge seeking and sharing. The authors sought to understand how individuals share and seek information by using external sources through URL links to validate their…
Descriptors: Social Media, Video Technology, Scientific Concepts, Science Education
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Paris, Britt; Reynolds, Rebecca; Marcello, Gina – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to address some limitations in existing approaches to the study of mis- and dis-information and offers what the authors propose as a more comprehensive approach to framing and studying these issues, geared toward the undergraduate level of learner. In doing so, the authors prioritize social shaping of technology and…
Descriptors: Misinformation, Information Literacy, Undergraduate Students, Media Literacy
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McGrew, Sarah; Chinoy, Ira – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: College students need more support learning to effectively search for and evaluate online information. Without such skills, students are vulnerable to mis- and disinformation that may appear in their search results, Web browsing and social media feeds. This study investigated four short instructional modules four short instructional…
Descriptors: Misinformation, College Students, Information Literacy, Search Strategies
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DiGiacomo, Daniela K. – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: While living in the information age is not new, the continued spread of dis/mis/information in tandem with rising partisanship has made clear the educational need for robust and critical information and media literacy education (Bulger and Davison, 2018; Garcia et al., 2021; Reich, 2018; Wineburg and McGrew, 2016). Given that most young…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Misinformation, Citizenship Education, Information Literacy