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In the war on fake news, school librarians have a huge role to play

In the war on fake news, school librarians have a huge role to play

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a lot of people don’t know fake news when they see it, sensationalized reports are more likely to go viral on social media than sane ones, and distrust of traditional (and genuinely more reliable) media sources is rising.
Professor Nicole A. Cooke ... focusing on human information behavior, information literacy, and diversity in librarianship.... "If you see something on Facebook or Twitter, a lot of people get caught up with just forwarding information without actually reading the article or examining the site... people are not investigating sources because they don’t want to believe [the information] is wrong.

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