A Word about Fact vs. Fiction and This We Believe
Introduction: A Word about Fact vs. Fiction and This We Believe (pages xx-xxii) Recap
- Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News is the authors' first book.
- Developing Digital Detectives: Essential Lessons for Discerning Fact from Fiction in the 'Fake News' Era goes a step further:
- Information literacy is enhanced with social-emotional learning.
- The triggers are informed by human social and emotional elements.
- Technology is not the cause of disinformation, but it can enable and amplify it and affect how people react.
- "Fake news" has become a slur used to discredit information that challenges a belief system.
- The book is based on four core beliefs:
- Facts matter.
- There may be two sides to every story, but not every side has earned the right of critical debate.
- Disinformation is a human problem.
- Our world needs digital detectives.
- When was the last time you heard someone blame techology or social media as the root of disinformation? The next time you hear this, push back using the book's core beliefs.
- What are your core beliefs about information literacy?
