Information and News Literacy Pedagogy - A Learner-Centered Lifespan Approach

Living in a post-truth world during an era of information wars, making sense of events is increasingly challenging for everyone. The fact that today's politics has found many retreating to ideologically "safe" spaces online where their world view is not contested makes the need for news and information literacy more significant. A contemporary world where disinformation and propaganda lead to a distrust of news sources calls for a new way to approach information and news literacy. Digital technology has seemingly made information and news easier to access, but it has also made sorting quality from nonsense a challenge.
This book presents a different approach to news and information literacy which uses a flipped classroom method to create a student-centered learning experience. The course is guided by the educational philosophy of Paulo Freire and draws on theory and research from psychology, education and news and information literacy. The course begins with an exercise which reveals the role confirmation bias plays in how students judge the adequacy of news and information they retrieve through online search. The course engenders greater confidence in mastering the pitfalls of the Internet as students emerge empowered with self-knowledge as well as a better understanding of the Internet.
The book is relevant for news, information and media literacy teachers, especially at the secondary and collegiate levels, curriculum specialists, continuing and adult education specialists and anyone who wants to better understand how we process news and information in the digital age.

List of contents

Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: News and Information Literacy for a "Post-Truth" World - A Different Approach to News and Information Literacy - Flipping the Classroom to Empower Students - Student Centered: Recognizing Confirmation Bias and Its Role in Curiosity - Website Analysis for Critical Information Literacy - News Literacy After the Print Era - News and Information Literacy and the Information Wars - Index.

About the author

James H. Wittebols is Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor. He is a sociologist who taught media literacy for 17 years at Niagara University before developing the critical news and information literacy course on which this course is based at Windsor.

Product details

• Authors: James H Wittebols, James H. Wittebols, Wittebols James H.
• Assisted by: Thomas Socha (Editor), Thomas Socha (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2023
• EAN: 9781433196768
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-9676-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 8 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 230 g
• Illustrations: 1 Abb.
• Series: Lifespan Communication
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Miscellaneous; Kennedy, News, Pedagogy, Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Thomas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Literacy, Lifespan, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, ART / Business Aspects, Approach, Flipped Classroom, Social Pedagogy, James, Niall, Confirmation Bias, Communication Studies, TV & society, Information Literacy, socha, Wittebols, Learner, nformation and News Literacy Pedagogy, James H. Wittebols, A Learner-Centered Lifespan Approach, critical information literacy, news literacy, Centered