scholarly journals When Accurate Information Harms People

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Kamada
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Cultural Setting ◽  
Information Spread ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Societal Impacts ◽  
Privacy Issues

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the generation of a large amount of information not just directly about the virus but also about its various societal impacts. This paper describes the atmosphere that the pandemic has created in the Japanese society and examines the information spread about infection clusters. Besides misinformation and disinformation, the paper highlights another problem in information dissemination during this pandemic. Regardless of the legitimate intention of reporting this type of information, people reacted by blaming or discriminating against those who were associated with clusters. The information on infection clusters has brought to the surface the privacy issues and has brought attention to emerging issues that concern information and media literacy. Understanding how people interact with information in a particular social or cultural setting, not just from an objective but also from an emotional perspective, becomes more important for enhancing people’s information literacy.

scholarly journals Social Isolation - a Prerequisite for Forced and Intensive Development of Media Literacy and Digital Education of Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-84
Author(s):  
Zhivko Rachev
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Digital Education ◽  
The Media ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Crisis Conditions ◽  
Media Learning ◽  
Media Data ◽  
Intensive Development

The paper analyzes the behavior of society in a crisis and social distance and the increased influence of the media. Data on the level of training of teachers, students and parents related to media and information literacy are presented. The degree of forced media literacy in crisis conditions is measured. Models and methods of distance and media learning within the European Union are compared. In conclusion, examples are given of media connections and media literacy in the absence of a social environment and live communication among children and students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Social Media Information and Misinformation: a Geospatial Analysis of Inter-regional Tweet Disparities in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richmond Takyi Hinneh ◽  
Alex Barimah Owusu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
False Information ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Spatial Differences ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Precautionary Measures

Abstract BackgroundIn an era of the global pandemic and social media dominance, trying to control the narrative on COVID-19 has been a challenging task for most governments particularly with news about the disease on various social media platforms. There have even been instances where people have sent false information about the number of confirmed cases, precautionary measures, drugs that boost the immune system which can threaten the lives of some users who are accessing this false information and misconceptions.Method This study analyzed spatial differences in Twitter misinformation on COVID-19 across 16 regions of Ghana by scraping 1,167 tweets from Twitter using API access. A total of 514 tweets were analyzed. The data were categorized into three namely; accurate information, misinformation, and other information. ResultsThe study results show that 72% of the tweets were accurate, 14% were misinformation and 14% represented other information. Among the regions, Greater Accra had the highest number of accurate information (45 tweets), and the Upper West Region recording the highest number of misinformation (12 tweets).ConclusionSpatial monitoring and management of information dissemination are useful for target setting and achievement of direct results in terms of diffusing misinformation and propagating accurate information. We, therefore, recommend official usage of Twitter for COVID-19 information dissemination as this usage will help offset possible misinformation from unformed individuals.

scholarly journals Information literacy in food and activity tracking among three communities: parkrunners, people with type 2 diabetes and people with IBS (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela McKinney ◽  
Andrew Martin Cox ◽  
Laura Sbaffi
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Activity Tracking ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Share Data ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Specific Health

BACKGROUND Tracking and logging food intake and activity are increasing and there is evidence of links to improvement in health and well-being as a result of these activities. Crucial to the effective and safe use of logging is users’ information literacy. OBJECTIVE To analyse food and activity tracking from an information literacy perspective. METHODS An online survey was distributed to three communities via parkrun, diabetes.co.uk and the IBS Network. RESULTS The data showed that there were clear differences in the logging practices that members of the three communities engaged with, and differences in motivations for tracking and extent of sharing of tracked data. Respondents showed a good understanding of the importance of information accuracy, and were confident in their abilities to understand tracked data. There were differences in the extent to which food and diet data was shared, and a lack of understanding of the potential re-use and sharing of data by third parties. CONCLUSIONS Information literacy in this context involves developing awareness of the issues of accurate information recording, and how tracked information can be applied to support specific health goals. Developing awareness of how and when to share data, and of data ownership and privacy are important aspects of information literacy.

Media Literacy for Political Cognition in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 305-331
Author(s):  
Chad Woolard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Literacy Educators ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Civic education has long been a goal of liberal education, and many institutions are renewing their commitment to meaningful civic engagement as both a philosophical and educational goal of higher education. Civic engagement and media literacy are essential to fostering democracy. This chapter outlines the shared ideological and pedagogical approaches to civic and political engagement and its connection to media literacy education. The 2016 election cycle has presented a number of challenges for civic engagement and media literacy educators. Many of the core values and beliefs related to critical thinking and information literacy have been challenged.

Mechanism analysis of competitive information asynchronous dissemination on social networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1950094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianye Yu ◽  
Junjie Lv ◽  
Yuanzhuo Wang ◽  
Jingyuan Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Diffusion ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Game Model ◽  
Mechanism Analysis ◽  
Sina Weibo ◽  
Human Behaviors ◽  
Information Spread

Information dissemination groups, especially those disseminating the same kind of information such as advertising, product promotion, etc., compete with each other when their information spread on social networks. Most of the existing methods analyze the dissemination mechanism mainly upon the information itself without considering human characteristics, e.g. relation networks, cooperation/defection, etc. In this paper, we introduce a framework of social evolutionary game (SEG) to investigate the influence of human behaviors in competitive information dissemination. Coordination game is applied to represent human behaviors in the competition of asynchronous information diffusion. We perform a series of simulations through a specific game model to analyze the mechanism and factors of information diffusion, and show that when the benefits of competitive information is around 1.2 times of the original one, it can compensate the loss of reputation caused by the change of strategy. Furthermore, through experiments on a dataset of two films on Sina Weibo, we described the mechanism of competition evolution over real data of social network, and validated the effectiveness of our model.

scholarly journals Be aware: Elevate your news evaluation: Emphasizing media literacy, one library’s initiative

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 541
Author(s):  
Sara Davidson Squibb
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Partisan Bias ◽  
News Sources ◽  
The University

The following article outlines the University of California-Merced Library’s unfolding news evaluation campaign,1 shares our strategies, and reflects on our efforts. The impetus for this campaign came when a colleague shared Vanessa Otero’s News Quality Chart, a graphic that places news sources on X and Y axes, representing quality and partisan bias.2 Otero’s work, combined with increasing public concern and conversation about the legitimacy of news, propelled my colleagues and I to start discussing how we might emphasize media literacy, especially news evaluation. We started our discussion just prior to the spring semester, and we launched our campaign a few weeks later. Though this meant limited time for planning, we wanted to capitalize on this opportunity to promote information literacy by initiating and participating in a broader campus conversation about news evaluation.

scholarly journals Searching for Knowledge: Teaching Information Technology to Secondary Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 277-290
Author(s):  
Eleanor B. Howe
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Electronic Search ◽  
Accurate Knowledge ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Subject Areas

This paper discusses the importance of accurate knowledge to a knowledge-based society and presents the rationale, organization, and content of a short course in electronic search skills that enables students to retrieve accurate information by evaluating their searches, citations, and resources in a variety of databases. Focusing on the Seven Steps in the electronic search process, the course develops students' skills in thinking, computer literacy, and the ethical use of information. Students learn the concepts, process, and skills of information literacy and technology as they integrate the results of their searches into subject areas across the secondary curriculum. A syllabus and daily topics are included. 

scholarly journals COVID-19 information dissemination in Uganda: Perspectives from sub-national health workers

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristin Alexis Fergus ◽  
Elizabeth Storer ◽  
Moses Arinaitwe ◽  
Solomon Kamurari ◽  
Moses Adriko
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
National Level ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Communication Modes ◽  
Public Health Campaigns

Abstract Background In many places, health workers at the sub-national level are on the frontlines of disseminating information about coronavirus (COVID-19) to communities. To ensure communities are receiving timely and accurate information, it is vital health workers are kept abreast of the most recent recommendations, and guidance. Methods An electronic survey was implemented to provide insights about the dissemination and utilisation of information and evidence related to the COVID-19 pandemic by health workers engaged at sub-national levels of the Ugandan health system. The aim of this survey was to provide insights about the dissemination and utilisation of information and evidence related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by individuals engaged at sub-national levels of the health system. Results Mass media and public health campaigns and outreach activities were deemed the most suitable means to reach communities with COVID-19 information. Given the reported disruption to public outreach campaigns, this is a particularly important consideration for the provision of information to communities. All materials should be adapted to the local context. The need for information on homecare of COVID-19 patients was highlighted, along with the need for updated local statistics as to COVID-19 cases to be relayed for health workers at sub-national levels. Conclusions Understanding the sources of information used by health workers can facilitate the transfer of relevant and timely information, which in turn increases the use of such information by the Ugandan population. It is vital that these issues are continued to be monitored, and communication modes and content are actively responsive to the time- and place-specific needs of health workers and community members.

scholarly journals Going beyond the 'library': the current work of the Scottish Information Literacy Project

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (102) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Caskie Crawford ◽  
Christine Irving
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Literacy Training ◽  
National Information

Reviews briefly the origins of the Scottish Information Literacy Project from its origins in 2004 as a project solely devoted to developing a National Information Literacy Framework for Scotland to the present time. The project now encompasses workplace information literacy, the skills agenda, lifeong learning and media literacy. The article concentrates on current activity: the restructuring of the first draft of the Framework to make it a genuine lifelong learning document and the pursuit of the workplace agenda, following a successful research project. This now focuses strongly on having information literacy recognised as an essential workplace skill. Work is also being undertaken with public library partners to develop information literacy training in public libraries. The policy implications of the work are reviewed.

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