Informed Societies - Why information literacy matters for citizenship, participation and democracy

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Informed Societies: Why information literacy matters for citizenship, participation and democracy

About the author

Stéphane Goldstein is Executive Director of InformAll which, through research, analysis and facilitation, promotes the relevance, importance and benefits of information literacy in the library world and beyond.

Summary

This book explains how and why information literacy can help to foster critical thinking and discerning attitudes, enabling citizens to play an informed role in society and its democratic processes.

Product details

• Assisted by: Stephane Goldstein (Editor), Stéphane Goldstein (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.01.2020
• EAN: 9781783303915
• ISBN: 978-1-78330-391-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Literacy, COMPUTERS / Computer Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Political structures: democracy, Communication Studies, Library & information services, Library and information services, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Literacy strategies, Library, Archive & Information Management, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Library Skills, Information retrieval and access